Idaho stepmom gets life sentence for killing 9-year-old boy

BOISE, Idaho — A 29-year-old Idaho girl convicted of torturing and killing her 9-year-old stepson has been sentenced to life in jail with out parole.

Monique Osuna obtained the sentence Thursday in Fourth District Court docket.

KTVB-TV stories that Osuna beforehand pleaded responsible to murdering Emrik Osuna in a deal that eradicated the dying penalty. Erik Osuna, the boy’s organic father, has additionally pleaded responsible to homicide and is scheduled to be sentenced June 27.

Emrik was despatched to dwell along with his father and stepmother in February 2018 after his organic mom went to jail for abusing his younger siblings.

“A small baby was despatched to Idaho to be cared for by the defendants. As an alternative he was despatched to a dwelling hell,” Ada County Prosecutor John Dinger instructed Decide Steven Hippler in the course of the sentencing listening to.

Movies from nanny cameras all through the house throughout August 2020 present Erik and Osuna abusing Emrik, who’s compelled to train for hours and turns into malnourished. Footage additionally reveals Monique kicking Emrik and hitting him with numerous objects because the boy shrieks and cowers.

The couple had put in the cameras to report Emrik’s habits as a result of a good friend instructed them Emrik might need reactive attachment dysfunction — a situation attributable to neglect or abuse — and urged the cameras to report his habits to point out to medical professionals. Erik Osuna had a good friend take away the cameras earlier than authorities arrived, however they had been recovered by police and contained about two weeks of footage main as much as Emrik’s dying.

Monique was arrested in September 2020 after paramedics discovered Emrik emaciated and unconscious in her Meridian condo. Emrik died shortly after at St. Luke’s Youngsters’s Hospital in Boise.