‘Total Disregard’: Judge Sentences Texas Mother to 50 Years In Prison for Allowing Boyfriend to Beat Her 8-Year-Old Son to Death, Leaving Children to Live with Rotting Body for Over a Year

The Texas mother who allowed her children to live with their younger brother’s decomposing body for a whole year after he was murdered has been sentenced to spend 50 years behind bars. Gloria Williams, 38, pleaded guilty in October to causing serious bodily injury by omission in the death of her son, 8-year-old Kendrick Lee. Her five-decade prison sentence comes just five months after her boyfriend, Brian Coulter, was found guilty of Lee’s murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Gloria Yvette Williams pleaded guilty to causing serious bodily injury by omission in the death of her son, 8-year-old Kendrick Lee, who was allegedly beaten to death by her boyfriend, Brian Ward Coulter. (Photos: YouTube screenshots/KHOU) Coulter was convicted of capital murder after prosecutors proved he beat Lee to death in a Houston-area apartment in late 2020, then deserted the home with Williams for another apartment, leaving Lee’s three brothers to live in a roach-infested apartment for a year as the 8-year-old’s body decomposed. “We expect parents to protect their children, not hurt them, because children really are our most vulnerable victims,” said Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg in a press release announcing the...