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Woman Charged In Death Of 2-Month-Old Son Pleads Guilty

LANSING (WWJ/AP) - A 24-year-old Lansing woman charged in her 2-month-old son's death has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

Alexandra Alexi also pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree child abuse, according to The Lansing State Journal. She had been charged with murder, first-degree child abuse, third-degree child abuse, and torture in Julian Alexi's 2014 death.

According to an autopsy report, the cause and manner of the infant's death was homicide from complications from head trauma.

A plea deal calls for a minimum sentence of 27 years in prison. Sentencing for Alexi is scheduled for May 11.

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