According to court documents, Mary Black, of Abilene, pleaded guilty in a courtroom in Lincoln County, Arkansas and was sentenced to 40 years in state prison.
Black and her husband, David Black, of Comanche, were charged with the crime in June 2019 after the 11-year-old boy’s body was found in a camper trailer, according to KARK news.
An affidavit read aloud in court in 2019 said “investigators believe the couple beat the child over a two-day period (Saturday night and Sunday afternoon) with their hands, a paddle and belt.”
Mary Black told KARK in 2019 that she was surprised to learn she’d been charged with capital murder. When asked that same day in 2019 how the boy died, she responded “David beat him.”
Texas woman sentenced after pleading guilty to beating 11-year-old son to death on Father’s Day
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) — An Abilene woman has been sentenced after pleading guilty to the capital murder of her 11-year-old son in Arkansas. According to court documents, Mary Black, of Abilene…
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David Black is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
An autopsy revealed that Joseph died from multiple blunt force injuries. The boy had multiple scalp contusions; multiple impact sites on his head and torso; bruising of his arms, legs, thighs, and buttocks; abdominal hemorrhaging; hemorrhaging of the pancreas; and a lacerated liver.
Arkansas man sentenced to life imprisonment in beating death of stepson, 11 | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
PINE BLUFF — David Black, accused in the beating death of his 11-year-old stepson last year in Star City, entered a plea of guilty to capital murder before Circuit Judge Alex Guynn Thursday afternoon, according to Prosecuting Attorney Kyle Hunter.
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