Illinois Parents Called ‘Evil People’ for Starving Boy to Death as Judge Sentences Them to Jail

Michael and Georgena Roberts were sentenced to 25 and 20 years in prison, respectively, for starving their child Liam, 6, to death. Jerseyville Police Department

A judge sentenced Illinois parents to decades in prison for starving a child to death as the boy’s biological mother called them “evil people.”

Prosecutors said that Michael and Georgena Roberts withheld food from Liam Roberts, 6, eventually causing him to die in November 2017. They pleaded guilty to first-degree murder charges.