‘He felt cold’: Mother who starved 13-year-old son until he was ‘just skin and bones’ to go away for decades

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mother who starved her 13-year-old son until he was “just skin and bones” in a home of squalor has learned her fate.

Cheyenne Maddox was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 years in prison and is not eligible for parole, Nashville-based ABC affiliate WKRN reported. She was convicted in October 2025 of reckless homicide and aggravated child abuse in the death of Kadaris Maddox, court records reviewed by Law&Crime state…

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