A black Texas Child Killer mother, Gloria Williams, who forced her children to reside in squalor with their deceased sibling has received a 50-year prison sentence.
Gloria Williams’s eight-year-old son, Kendrick Lee, died in 2020, and his body was left in the family’s Texas flat for more than a year following his death.
Paedophile Brian Coulter, the young boy’s stepfather, was sentenced in April to life imprisonment without the possibility of release after being found guilty of capital murder for his death.
The 34-year-old allegedly assaulted the small youngster to death.
Brian Coulter was charged with murder, although Gloria Williams pleaded guilty to injury to a child resulting in serious bodily harm, a first-degree crime.
Kendrick’s body was covered with a blue blanket and lay in the apartment for over a year while his siblings were forced to stay there with the remains, say police.
It wasn’t until one of his brothers called the police that the authorities learnt of the horrifying ordeal.
When officers arrived at their home in October 2021, only Kendrick’s skeletal remains were found.
As well as having to live alongside their dead sibling, reportedly the three kids (aged 15, 10, and seven) were living in a soiled, roach-infested apartment, The Independent reports.
They were also malnourished and had been left to fend for themselves for some time.
Speaking after Gloria Williams’ sentencing earlier this week, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said: “We expect parents to protect their children, not hurt them, because children really are our most vulnerable victims.
“This case shocks the conscience not just because a child lost his life, but because of his parents’ complete and total disregard for human life.”
Two of Kendrick’s siblings testified against their mother during her trial and confirmed that known sex offender Brian Coulter repeatedly beat Kendrick when he was alive.
It was after the eight-year-old’s murder that their mom and stepdad moved to a new apartment, leaving the three boys and their dead sibling to live in an unfurnished apartment.
Speaking about the state of the apartment they were left in, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez told reporters back in 2021, as per PEOPLE: “The apartment was in a horrible condition. We saw soiled carpet, no furniture at all. No bedding, no blankets that we could see. We saw roaches and flies and a very bad condition for anyone to live in.”
Before her sentencing, Gloria Williams had waived her right to a jury trial after pleading guilty to the charges she was facing.
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