GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A Brown County woman, who neglected her severely disabled son until he died, then stored his body in her car for months, has been sentenced.
Sagal Hussein will spend a total of 15 years in prison, followed by 10 years of extended supervision, according to the sentence handed down Tuesday by Brown County Judge Thomas Walsh.
Hussein, 26, previously pleaded no contest to five charges: child neglect resulting in death, hiding the corpse of a child, two misdemeanor counts of neglecting a child, and obstruction, for the death of Josias Marquez, 5. Five other charges were dropped as part of the plea deal.
The criminal complaint says Josias was likely dead for months before his body was found in a duffel bag in the trunk of Hussein’s car on March 31, 2020. The child was last seen on Nov. 25, 2019.
Josias used a wheelchair, was blind, depended on others to eat, and diagnosed with cerebral palsy, according to medical records listed in the criminal complaint.
A medical examiner says the body was decomposed, mummified, and was significantly undernourished. The criminal complaint shows the 5-year-old’s body weighed 20 pounds when it was found, but the boy had previously weighed more than 30 pounds. The complaint offers details on missed medical appointments, immunizations not administered, and medications not taken.
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