By Associated Press - Monday, April 2, 2018

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A Pine Ridge Reservation woman accused of beating her 2-year-old son to death after he wet his bed has pleaded guilty.

The Rapid City Journal reports 30-year-old Katrina Shangreaux, of Porcupine, pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder in the death of 2-year-old Kylen Shangreaux in July 2016.

She reached a deal with prosecutors but still could face life in prison. She’ll remain jailed until her sentencing, which wasn’t immediately scheduled.

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Shangreaux’s mother and the boy’s grandmother, Sonya Dubray, has pleaded not guilty to hindering the investigation.

The boy’s father is serving time in federal prison for abuse and neglect of a son with a different woman.

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Information from: Rapid City Journal, http://www.rapidcityjournal.com

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