Mother of boy, 4, who was locked in closet and nearly died sentenced to 25 years
SOME PEOPLE DO NOT NEED TO CONCEIVE CHILDREN
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The mother of a 4-year-old Michigan boy who was left in a closet and nearly died last year was sentenced Friday to 25 to 50 years in prison.
Megan Schug, 24, said in court she was sorry and, “I love every one one of my children.”
But Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge Sarah Lincoln said as an assistant prosecutor and judge she has confronted rapists and murderers, “yet you stand before me as possibly the most evil person who has ever been in this courtroom.”
“You were attempting to kill him slowly,” Lincoln said. “Had you wanted to kill this child you could have done it quicker and more painless but you subjected him to months if not years of prolonged suffering.”
Schug pleaded guilty in February to a charge of child abuse after taking her son, Maloyd Gaines to Bronson Battle Creek on March 22, 2017. He was lethargic, emaciated, and having trouble breathing and Schug told doctors he was not eating.
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Chief Assistant Calhoun County Prosecutor Daniel Buscher said when he saw pictures of the boy he thought there was a mistake……