MILAM COUNTY, Texas — A woman indicted for the murder of a toddler was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Shayla Angelina Boniello, 32, plead guilty to a capital murder relating to the death of 20-month-old Patricia Ann Rader and was then sentenced.
The investigation started when police were called to a home in Rockdale on Dec. 3, 2018. Fifteen days later, Milam County District Attorney Bill Torrey said his office would pursue a charge of capital murder of a child younger than 10 years of age and endangering a child.
A Milam County judge raised Boniello's bond to $3,000,000 in February.
Although the charge is punishable by death or life without parole according to Texas law, the state was recently provided with evidence that Boniello suffers from a traumatic brain injury. The brain injury along with her non-violent past would render any death verdict insufficient and would be reversed on appeal, the Milam County District Attorney said.
Boniello also reportedly waived her right to appeal the decision.
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