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Kalena Stubbs, 51, called 911 in January to report that her ex-boyfriend had fallen into the fireplace

Officers noticed that the man was burned but his clothes were not

Stubbs told police she changed his clothes, the prosecutor said

A Mississippi woman who claimed her ex-boyfriend fell into a lit fireplace while holding a bottle of lighter fluid has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for causing his life-altering injuries.

Kalena Stubbs, 51, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated assault and was sentenced to 20 years in state prison, the maximum time allowed for the crime, Madison County District Attorney John “Bubba” Bramlett announced on Wed., Dec. 3.

“The injuries this victim suffered were horrific and some of the most severe we have seen,” Bramlett said in a sta

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