A mother who beat her nine-week old son to death and buried him in remote woods has killed herself in prison.
Kristen Bury, 33, committed suicide behind bars at the Sarasota County Jail in Florida, less than a year into a 25-year-sentence for killing Chance Walsh.
She pleaded no contest to aggravated manslaughter in January after the youngster’s remains were found in a shallow grave in October, a month after he was reported missing. He had been buried just wearing his diaper.
Her husband, Joseph Walsh, is yet to face trial in Chance’s death. Bury was expected to testify as part of a deal with prosecutors.
The sheriff’s office says deputies found Bury unresponsive in her cell on Saturday morning.