Judge sentences woman who killed her toddler; offers compassion, encouragement

A jail sentence was handed over to a Flint girl on Monday who killed her toddler in Pontiac final yr.

Throughout a listening to in Oakland County Circuit Court docket, Daniel O’Brien Latonya Thomas sentenced to 15-60 years within the Michigan Division of Corrections for the second-degree homicide and first grade of kid abuse in reference to the demise of her 3-year-old son, Zaveion Thomas.

By condemning Thomas, the choose supplied phrases of compassion and encouragement and said partly: “You aren’t failing like a mom … Nonetheless since you are nonetheless respiratory … You don’t fail since you nonetheless have life for you … My two cents is that you’re solely a failure if you happen to did a nasty means that I do not see, however I see precisely the other.”

When Reported by Fox 2 DetroitThomas informed the courtroom her selfishness and pleasure to not ask for assist when she wanted it led to the demise of her son. She apologized and requested for forgiveness.

Thomas’s lawyer, Jerry Sabbota, stated she is a single mom with three youngsters by totally different fathers, and has a historical past of psychological issues and abused, Fox 2 reported.

The choose additional stated to Thomas: “God bless the youngsters and so they all love you – all.”

Thomas, 28, didn’t argue for the crimes in June. A cost for homicide within the first diploma was rejected.

A plea with no competitors shouldn’t be a debt coated, however is handled as such for conviction functions. It might probably additionally supply any legal responsibility safety in civil issues.

In keeping with the workplace of the Sheriff of Oakland County, delegates who reply to a 911 name Zaveion Thomas didn’t reply in a home within the 100 block of Perry Place – and noticed the kid’s mom attempting to carry out resuscitation on him. Paramedics transported the kid to an space hospital the place he was declared useless.

An post-mortem revealed that the kid was fatally injured in an assault and demise was dominated as homicide.

Initially revealed: August 26, 2025 at 10:50 am Edt