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Sarah Elizabeth Newsom was sentenced to 22 years in prison in connection with the death of her 2-year-old daughter Olivia
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She pleaded guilty on Monday, Nov. 10 to one count of injury to a child
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Newsom’s friend, Joshua Fulbright, was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole in March
A Texas mother was sentenced to 22 years in prison in connection with the death of her 2-year-old daughter.
Sarah Elizabeth Newsom pleaded guilty on Monday, Nov. 10, to one count of injury to a child by failing to protect her daughter from serious bodily injury or death, according to the 97th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Newsom waived her right to appeal.
“As a mom, I don’t know any amount of time is enough, but it was the right move for our county and to finally let that baby rest in peace,” District Attorney Katie Boggeman said about the plea, per KFDX.
Olivia was allegedly beaten by Newsom’s friend, Joshua Fulbright, at a Clay County home on Oct. 18, 2018. She died five days later after being taken off life support at Cook Children’s Hospital, the Wichita Falls Times Record News reported.
Newsom was allegedly present when the attack occurred, per court documents, according to the outlet.
Clay County Sheriff’s Office
Joshua Fulbright and Sarah Elizabeth Newsom
Fulbright was found guilty in March of capital murder. A witness — a former EMT and ER tech — testified during his trial that Newsom brought her daughter to the hospital covered in a blanket and allegedly said “she had the flu,” according to KFDX.
The witness testified she saw bruising that covered the girl’s entire body.
“Not a surface on the child that had no injuries,” the witness said, per the outlet.
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Newsom allegedly claimed that her daughter fell out of the bathtub, the witness testified, according to KFDX.
A former investigator for the Clay County Sheriff’s Office also testified at Fulbright’s trial that he and another officer spoke to Fulbright in the emergency room waiting room.
The former investigator said Fulbright became stressed after he came home and found Olivia with a dirty diaper. Fulbright allegedly told the investigator he “was sent over the edge by the way Olivia smelled and how dirty she was,” the outlet reported.
Fulbright was sentenced to life in prison without parole in March, according to the Times Record News.
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