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Mom, Grandma Get Prison in Death of Nebraska Boy

Nancy Draper
Nancy Draper

(AP) — The grandmother and the mother of a 2-year-old Nebraska boy who was fatally abused by his grandfather have been sentenced to prison.

Forty-nine-year-old Nancy Draper on Tuesday was given 20 to 30 years by Judge Terri Harder in Franklin County District Court. Twenty-five-year-old Laura Rinehart was given 12 to 22 years.

Draper had pleaded no contest to felony child abuse. Rinehart had pleaded no contest to attempted child abuse. Prosecutors had reduced the charges in exchange for the women’s pleas.

Authorities say the two did nothing to stop the abuse of Joseph Rinehart Jr. by Draper’s husband, 48-year-old Peter Draper, in April last year at the home they shared in Naponee (NAP’-uh-nee).

Peter Draper has been found guilty of two child abuse charges. He’s scheduled for sentencing on Oct. 10.

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