Woman Sentenced to 25 Years After Pleading Guilty in Case of Boy Found Dead in Suitcase in Indiana

Woman Sentenced to 25 Years After Pleading Guilty in Case of Boy Found Dead in Suitcase in Indiana
Dawn Coleman during her sentencing hearing at Washington Circuit Court in Salem, Ind., on Nov. 21, 2023, in a still from video. Michael Flynn/WAVE 3 News via AP
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SALEM, Ind.—A Louisiana woman was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for her involvement in the death of a 5-year-old Atlanta boy whose body was found last year in a suitcase in rural southern Indiana.

A Washington County judge sentenced Dawn Elaine Coleman, 41, of Shreveport, Louisiana, to 30 years with five years suspended to probation. She had pleaded guilty to a Level 1 felony charge of conspiracy to commit murder in connection with Cairo Ammar Jordan’s death.