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WICHITA FALLS, TX – A Texas mother has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for the death of her 2-year-old daughter. Sarah Elizabeth Newsom, 30, pleaded guilty to injury to a child by failing to protect resulting in serious bodily injury.

Judge Trish Coleman Byars issued the sentence on Monday. Newsom was immediately taken into custody by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.

The case centers around the death of Scarlette “Olivia” Newsom, who was severely beaten by Joshua Thomas Fulbright, 30, in October 2018. Scarlette was initially brought to Clay County Memorial Hospital by her mother, who claimed the child was suffering from the flu.

Witnesses described seeing the toddler covered in extensive bruises and unresponsive. Fulbright was later convicted of capital murder on March 10.

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