Kesha Grant, 24, pleaded guilty Monday to homicide by child abuse.
FLORENCE (WACH / AP)-- A woman will spend 27 years in prison for killing her 3-year-old cousin by pouring pots of scalding water down her pants after she urinated on herself during potty training.
The Morning News of Florence reported that Kesha Grant, 24, pleaded guilty Monday to homicide by child abuse.
The child, who was developmentally disabled and had cerebral palsy, died several days after the abuse after the burns became infected and she wasn't taken for medical help for several days, prosecutors said.
The Department of Social Services had placed the girl with her 44-year-old great aunt, Geraldine Brockington. Prosecutors say Brockington also is charged with homicide by child abuse and her case could be resolved later this week.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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