FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)- A Rocky Mount woman will spend decades in prison in the beating death of her eight-year-old stepson.
Mary Marie Everson was sentenced on Monday, May 18 to 70 years in prison with 37 years suspended. Everson, who was being held without bond, has an active sentence of 33 years.
According to assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Dennis, the medical examiner determined the manor of death was consistent with battered child syndrome due to the severity, number, location, and various ages of injuries.
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On Saturday, February 8, 2025, authorities responded to residence in the 100 block of Circle View Street in Rocky Mount to a report of an unconscious and unresponsive child. The child was pronounced dead at the scene…