MINDEN, Neb. (AP) – The last of four people charged in the death of a 4-year-old Minden boy has been given probation and a suspended jail sentence.
20-year-old Katie Payne was sentenced on Wednesday to 90 days in jail and five years of probation. The jail time was suspended, pending Payne’s performance on probation.
Payne had pleaded no contest to intentionally committing child abuse without injury.
Dustin Scoville and Sharon Turnell were sentenced to 49-to-50 years in prison. Sharon Turnell’s husband, Charles Turnell, was sentenced to 19-to-20 years.
The child, Landon Payne, was Sharon Turnell’s nephew and had lived with the couple since August 2009. The boy died Dec. 22, 2009, a day after he was taken to a hospital.