A mother in Minnesota was found guilty of killing her 6-year-old son in her car after he thought he was going out on an evening adventure, prosecutors said.
On Feb. 8, a Hennepin County jury deliberated for around an hour and a half before convicting Julissa Thaler, 29, of first-degree premeditated murder for the shooting death of her child, Eli Hart, MPR reported.
Dan Allard said during closing arguments that Thaler purchased the shotgun she used to slay her son and went to a range to practice shooting the firearm.
“This is as premeditated as it gets,” Allard said. “As horrible as it is to think that a mother could do this to her 6-year-old son, she did.”
On May 20, 2022, Thaler took the boy, Eli, shopping, and the two ate pizza and watched movies, according to prosecutors.
Later in the evening, the mother argued with her son because he didn’t want to go to bed. In court, the prosecutor said he believed Eli likely thought he and his mother were heading out on “a late-night adventure” when they got into her car and drove around the suburbs of Minneapolis for hours.
A Minnesota Mother Bought A Shotgun And Practiced At The Range. Then She Shot Her 6-Year-Old Son 9 Times. (msn.com)
