Texas Mother Sentenced to 50 Years for Leaving Children in Dire Conditions as Son’s Body Decomposed

Defendant Gloria Williams listens to one of her lawyers Neal Davis III, during a hearing at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center in Houston on Nov. 12, 2024. Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP

HOUSTON—A judge on Tuesday sentenced a woman to 50 years in prison for forcing three of her children to live with the decomposing body of their dead 8-year-old brother for more than a year in a soiled, roach-infested Houston-area apartment.

Gloria Williams, 38, expressed deep regret before being sentenced, the Houston Chronicle reported.