Indiana boy, 10, dead after 340-pound foster mom sits on him for 'acting bad'

A 10-year-old Indiana lad was crushed to decease aft his foster mother, who weighed 340 pounds, allegedly sat connected him for respective minutes due to the fact that helium was "acting bad."

Jennifer Lee Wilson, 48, was sentenced successful January to six years successful prison, with 1 twelvemonth suspended to beryllium served connected probation, according to WMAQ. She was charged with reckless homicide successful the decease of Dakota Levi Stevens.

On April 25, constabulary were called to a location successful Valparaiso, Indiana, due to the fact that the lad was not breathing and turned retired to person nary pulse, CBS News reported. An serviceman recovered bruising connected the child's little cervix and chest. Officers attempted to resuscitate the boy, but helium was transported to a infirmary wherever helium aboriginal died.

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Jennifer Lee Wilson was sentenced successful January to six years successful prison, with 1 twelvemonth suspended to beryllium served connected probation. (Berrien County Sheriff's Department)

Wilson told constabulary that the lad had conscionable tally distant from home, and she had recovered him astatine a neighbor's location and brought him backmost home. She said helium was inactive "acting bad" and threw himself connected the ground, telling her that helium was leaving.

According to a tribunal filing, Wilson told constabulary that "when she attempted to halt him from leaving, she does not cognize if she tackled Dakota oregon they fell to the crushed nevertheless her volition was to clasp him."

She said she sat connected his midsection for astir 5 minutes. He yet stopped moving, but she believed helium was faking.

Wilson was charged with reckless homicide successful the decease of Dakota Levi Stevens. (iStock)

"Are you faking?" she asked earlier she rolled him implicit and noticed his eyelids were pale. Wilson past began performing CPR and called 911.

On April 27, South Bend Memorial Hospital reported that Dakota had died. He suffered organ and brushed insubstantial damage, liver and lung hemorrhaging and different injuries.

An autopsy revealed the origin of decease arsenic mechanical asphyxia and the mode of decease arsenic homicide.

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An autopsy revealed the origin of decease arsenic mechanical asphyxia and the mode of decease arsenic homicide. (iStock)

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The neighbour told officers that Dakota ran to her location earlier the aesculapian exigency and asked her to follow him due to the fact that his parents deed him successful the face. The neighbour said she did not observe immoderate signs of wounded to the boy.

Wilson past came to instrumentality her lad back, the neighbour said.

Dakota was 4'10" and 91 pounds, portion Wilson was listed astatine 4'11" and 340 pounds.