LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – The woman accused of beating her stepson to death at a Delta Township hotel in 2024 has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Elysa Ella-Ann Kelemen, formerly of Flint, was sentenced Thursday afternoon in connection with the murder of 6-year-old Kyron Kelemen on Jan. 12, 2024. She was convicted last month.
“Kyron Kelemen was senselessly murdered by someone who should have protected him. His death resulted from the convicted’s actions and from failures within a child welfare system that ignored clear dangers,” Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd said, per a press release. “Driven by jealousy and cruelty, the convicted stole the life of an innocent child. Kyron was the second child to die under her care — a tragedy that could have been prevented had Genesee County Child Protective Services and law enforcement acted.”
Lloyd said the life-without-parole sentence “cannot begin to reflect the harm she caused.”…