GUILTY IA - Ackley couple arrested for locking 9 year old child under stairs & deprived food, July 2018

[Niner]

Any one local find any info on the sentencing of these 2??

TIA!

 

[Niner]

Just got an article:

'I hope while you are in prison you aren’t able to hurt any more kids': Couple who kept boy under staircase sentenced to 30 years

ELDORA, Ia — A central Iowa couple who in July pleaded guilty to felony charges of kidnapping and child endangerment were each sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison.
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"Dear Alex, you weren't there for me when Traci was being so mean to me," the now 10-year-old boy wrote in a victim impact statement read aloud during Shadlow's sentencing, though the boy was not present in the courtroom. "This makes me feel sad, upset and alone. I want you to know that I still love you because you didn't hurt me as much as Traci did. But I still feel betrayed by you."

The boy also wrote that he's now surrounded by another family and is doing "way better."

"I hope you learn that this is what you get for not protecting your own son," the last line of his statement read.
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Kester ordered Shadlow receive the maximum possible sentence: 30 years, despite his attorney's attempts to lessen his punishment.

Tyler received the same sentence from Kester an hour earlier, court documents show.

 

[Niner]

GOOD! Glad the little boy got JUSTICE!!

 

[Kavya01]

FANTASTIC news!