A Michigan mother and her boyfriend will spend decades in prison for beating her 7-year-old son to death in what family reportedly described as a "sick, demonic, ritual-like crime."

Alisha Hollamon, 25, and Avion Traylor, 23, both pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last month in the 2023 death of Deshawn Williams, court records show. Hollamon received between 20 to 40 years behind bars while Traylor was sentenced to between 28 and 60 years in prison, Detroit Fox affiliate WJBK reported .

Detroit police responded just after midnight on Oct. 22, 2023, to a home on the 3700 block of Hurlbut Street for reports of child abuse. Cops found Deshawn suffering from apparent scars and abrasions across his face, back and chest. Paramedics rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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