Woman who starved disabled son to death gets statutory life sentence

Any proceeding to parole a Toledo woman who starved her disabled son to death will be contested, a top Lucas County prosecutor vowed Friday morning in Lucas County Common Pleas Court.

“Please imagine, judge, the suffering this child went through to weigh 19 pounds at death,” Jennifer Liptack-Sutphin, chief of criminal prosecution for the county prosecutor’s office, implored Judge Joe McNamara regarding Kristopher Snyder’s death at age 7 in June, 2023.

Samantha Hardiman, 30, was indicted in August following a protracted investigation…

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