Mother to Spend Decades in Prison After Admitting to Killing her 7 Year-Old

OGLE COUNTY, Ill. (WOWO) — An Ogle County mother will spend more than three decades in prison after admitting to killing her 7-year-old son nearly four years ago.

Prosecutors say 38-year-old Sarah Safranek pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of her son, Nathaniel Burton, who was suffocated inside their home on South 10th Street in Oregon, Illinois, on February 17, 2021.

Burton was taken to a hospital in Dixon, where he later died…

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