JoAnn Cunningham has pleaded guilty to the murder of her 5-year-old son, AJ Freund, months after his body was found in a shallow grave in suburban Chicago
Cunningham, 36, made the plea Thursday at the McHenry County courthouse in Woodstock, McHenry County State's Attorney Patrick D. Kenneally said in a statement. She faces 20 to 60 years in prison in the death of her son. Cunningham"will not be eligible for parole and must serve 100% of her sentence," the prosecutor said. A status hearing on sentencing has been scheduled for January 30, Kenneally said.CNN has reached out to Cunningham's attorney for comment.
The 5-year-old had been forced to take a cold shower after he soiled his clothes, and had gone to bed wet and naked before his parents found him dead, authorities said. A pathologist found that AJ died from head trauma due to blunt force injuries, according to a coroner's report.
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