A foster mother in Porter County, Indiana was sentenced to sentenced to five years in prison with one year suspended on Friday, after she pleaded guilty to sitting on, and killing her 10-year-old foster son as punishment for him telling the neighbors he was suffering from abuse.
Jennifer Wilson, who reportedly weighed 340 pounds, was recorded sitting on Dakota Levi Stevens via security footage captured by the neighbors. The little boy’s last coherent moments were spent under Wilson as she called his case worker, on April 25, 2024. He died on April 27th, 2024 with the caused of death listed as mechanical asphyxia.
It was ruled a homicide by the coroner’s office, as reported by True Crime News.
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Too Fab reports:
Porter County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a 911 call to Wilson’s address, where they found the young boy suffering from severe trauma. He was immediately airlifted to a hospital in Porter, Indiana, and then airlifted again to South Bend. Two days later, he was taken off of life support.
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According to court documents, approximately 30 minutes before the 911 call, Stevens had run to a neighbor’s house and asked her to adopt him. He reportedly told this neighbor he was hit in the face and not allowed to call his case manager by his foster mom.
An Indiana woman who weighs 340 pounds, Jennifer Lee Wilson, 48, has been sentenced to six years in prison for the death of her foster child, Dakota Levi Stevens, 10, after sitting on him as punishment for his misbehaving. pic.twitter.com/rx1gN5qIcD
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Wilson reportedly went to the neighbor’s house to bring the boy back. The neighbor told police she did not see any signs of injury on the boy.
After this incident, Wilson told police Stevens continued “acting up” and threw himself on the ground saying he was leaving, per CBS News, and so she proceeded to sit on the boy right there on the lawn as she reached out to his case worker.
After sitting on him for nearly seven minutes, Wilson accused the boy of “faking” when he didn’t respond. She then rolled him over and saw his eyelids were pale. That is when she started CPR and called 911.
One video seen by investigators allegedly saw Wilson already sitting on the “neck/head area” of the boy. Another longer video, 6:48 in duration, saw Wilson laying near the boy’s buttocks. He did not move through the entirety of this video, according to authorities.
This woman deserves to be in prison much longer than the five years she was sentenced to, if you ask me.