Woman admits to stomping 5-year-old to death

SOUTH DAKOTA- A woman has been arrested and charged with murder after police say that she allegedly admitted to stomping a 5-year-old boy to death.

The Mitchell Police Dept. say that Julia Lee Carter, 21, took the victim to the Hospital on Monday after he stopped breathing.

The boy was later pronounced dead.

His autopsy revealed that the boy had suffered from blunt force trauma to his abdomen.

Carter allegedly confessed to police afterwards that she had kicked the boy 5 times in his stomach, and stomped on his abdomen.

Carter was charged on Wed with first-degree murder, manslaughter and abuse or cruelty to a minor.

She is not the victims mother, but resided in the same home as him.

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