JULY 27, 2023, UPDATE:
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona woman who pleaded guilty to murder in the starvation death of her 6-year-old son has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Elizabeth Archibeque took the witness stand briefly on her own behalf Thursday (July 27, 2023) before a judge in Flagstaff rejected her lawyer’s plea for consideration of parole after 35 years. Earlier, witnesses described the horrors of the tiny closet that wreaked of urine where the young boy and his older brother were kept and denied food. A detective said both looked like skeletons. Archibeque said she blamed herself for her son’s death and fully accepted whatever sentence she received.
JULY 27, 2023:
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona mother who pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse faces up to life in prison for the 2020 starvation death of her 6-year-old son who had been locked in a closet and denied food at their Flagstaff apartment. Elizabeth Archibeque is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday (July 27, 2023) by Coconino Superior Court Judge Ted Reed. She faces a maximum penalty of life in prison without the possibility of parole after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors two months ago. Archibeque was charged in the death of Deshaun Martinez along with the boy’s father and grandmother. They are being tried separately.
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