Woman sentenced after failing to protect child

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Woman sentenced after failing to protect child

Associated Press - September 17, 2008 4:14 AM ET

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A Tucson woman has been sentenced to prison for

failing to protect a young autistic boy from constant child abuse by

his mother.

Twenty-eight year-old Flower Tompson was sentenced Tuesday to 10

years in prison on one count of felony child abuse for failing to

stop the constant abuse of 5-year-old , who died

March 21, 2007 at a Tucson hospital.

Tompson had been living with the boy, his mother and another man.

An autopsy showed the boy died of multiple skull fractures, which led

to bleeding in the brain and respiratory arrest.

Pima County Superior Court Judge Campoy said Tompson and the

boy's mother, Diane Marsh are responsible for killing the boy.

Marsh is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday after a jury convicted

her of negligent homicide and four counts of child abuse.

Information from: Tucson Citizen, http://www.tucsoncitizen.com