Ohio mother sentenced for crushing 4-month-old son’s skull, letting body decompose

An Ohio mother has received her sentence after she crushed her 4-month-old baby’s skull.

On Thursday. 40-year-old Melissa Thorp of Columbus entered a guilty plea to a charge of aggravated murder, the Columbus Dispatch reported .

Thorp was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Franklin County judge, abc6 reported .

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In September 2022, Thorp called Columbus police stating her 4-month-old son, Aaron, was not breathing, the Columbus Dispatch reported .

Officers on the scene said the body was “already in a state of decomposition” when they arrived, abc6 reported .

It was not clear how long Aaron was dead, according to Assistant Franklin County Prosecutor Dan Meyer, but it appeared longer than Thorp told police, the Columbus Dispatch reported .

The Franklin County Coroner’s Office determined the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head, and it was ruled a homicide, abc6 reported .