VICKSBURG, Miss. ( WJTV ) – A Warren County mother was found guilty in connection to the 2023 death of her young son .

The Vicksburg Post reported Brooke Mallett was found guilty on the charges of manslaughter and child neglect on Thursday, June 13.

Mallett and her then-boyfriend, John Duke Walker, were arrested in April 2023 after the death of the child.

Authorities received a call from a county resident about a five-year-old child at her home on Old Highway 27. When deputies arrived, the found the child had special needs and was not able to communicate.

Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said deputies contacted Mallet, who was unaware that the five-year-old was missing. During this time, deputies discovered that a three-year-old was also missing from the same home.

According to the sheriff, deputies later located the three-year-old in a pond nearby. The child was pronounced dead at the scene by Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey.

Mallett is scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday, June 27 at 2:00 p.m. She faces up to 20 years for manslaughter and up to five years for each of the two charges of child neglect.

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