CINCINNATI (AP) — A judge told a foster mother Thursday that she didn't seem sorry for the death of a 3-year-old boy she had left bound in a closet when she went to a family gathering — then sentenced her to life in prison.
After hearing Liz Carroll apologize for her lies — she had claimed after the boy's death in August that he disappeared in a park, prompting an intensive search — Clermont County Judge Robert Ringland said she had to accept responsibility.
The boy, Marcus Fiesel, was developmentally disabled and had been left confined for the weekend in a blanket and packing tape.