‘Prolonged 74-day horror show’: Mom guilty of torturing, beating and starving 5-year-old boy that she ‘wished’ were dead

Chelsea L. Crossland appears in a jail mugshot.

Chelsea L. Crossland appears in a jail mugshot (Indiana State Police)

A 28-year-old mother in Indiana was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for torturing and killing her 5-year-old son, starving and beating the little boy to death.

Chelsea L. Crossland was sentenced Thursday after she was found guilty of one count of murder and neglect of a dependent resulting in death in the March 2022 slaying of young Christian Crossland.

Jay County Judge Brian Hutchison minced no words when handing down the sentence to a woman he noted showed no sign of remorse, the Commercial Review reported.

“There are people out there who hope you get the (same treatment as Christian),” said Hutchison, the paper reported. “I would rather the scales fall from your eyes and you live the remainder of your years in horror…”

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