Lacey Spears, a US mother who blogged about her son's health woes, was sentenced to prison on Monday for killing her son by force-feeding him salt.
Spears was convicted of second-degree murder and faces 25 years to life in prison, according to ABC News. She force poisoned her son, 5-year-old Garnett-Paul Spears, using salt fed through a stomach tube. Prosecutors said she killed the boy because she was afraid he would say she was poisoning him.
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On social media, Spears played the role of loving mother, often tweeting about how much she loved her son.
But prosecutors in the case painted a different picture, telling the jury that Spears loved the attention she got from her son's medical issues.