Mother Who Beat and Starved Her 5-Year-Old Son to Death Faces Over 50 Years in Prison

Mother Who Beat and Starved Her 5-Year-Old Son to Death Faces Over 50 Years in Prison
Danielle Dauphinais appears in Hillsborough Superior Court South, in Nashua, N.H., on Sept. 26, 2024. Charles Krupa/Pool/AP Photo
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CONCORD, N.H.—A New Hampshire woman faces a sentence of over 50 years to life in prison in the death of her 5-year-old son, who was beaten, starved, and exposed to drugs, weighing just 19 pounds when his body was found buried in a Massachusetts park in 2021.

Danielle Dauphinais, 38, is scheduled to appear in court Friday. She was facing a trial but pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder and other charges in the death of Elijah Lewis in an agreement reached with prosecutors.