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Sunday, May. 2, 1999

Woman sentenced to 40 years in son's death

Boy, 10, was found in closet of homeless shelter; motive, cause of death unknown

Associated Press

   DALLAS -- A woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing her 10-year-old son in 1993 and leaving his body in the closet of a homeless shelter.
   Ora Armenthia Prince, formerly known as Ora Lewis, reached a deal with prosecutors five months after she was extradited from Seattle to face charges in the death of Willie Brookshire Jr.
   Willie's body was found piled with clothes in his closet five days after his mother was seen getting into a cab before dawn on Oct. 16, 1993. Prince evaded authorities from then until FBI agents tracked her to a women's shelter in downtown Seattle in May 1998.
   How the boy died is still unknown. In court documents, medical examiners said he might have been strangled or suffocated.
   The motive also remains unknown. But according to court records, Prince, 45, told neighbors Willie was a burden and rude, that she wished she'd never had him, and that she did not return the affection the boy always wanted to show her.
   

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