KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) - A 22-year-old Evergreen woman has been sentenced to five years in the custody of the Department of Corrections for her role in the death of her 2-year-old son.
Takara Juntunen was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to felony mitigated negligent homicide for the February 2015 death of Forrest Groshelle.
The Daily Inter Lake reports (bit.ly/2h1mEYT) Juntunen thanked District Judge Heidi Ulbricht for recommending drug treatment as part of her sentence.
Juntunen had previously admitted that she was negligent in leaving her son in the care of her boyfriend and that she did not seek medical care for the boy, who suffered a blow to the abdomen and died due to poisoning from a lacerated small intestine.
Brandon Newberry is serving a 40-year prison sentence for mitigated deliberate homicide.
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Information from: Daily Inter Lake, https://www.dailyinterlake.com
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