340-pound woman sentenced to prison for killing her foster son by sitting on him for ‘acting up’
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Jennifer Lee Wilson, 48, has been sentenced to six years in prison after the death of Dakota Levi Stevens. Jennifer Lee Wilson, 48, has been sentenced to six years in prison after the death of Dakota Levi Stevens last April. She pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in October and admitted to sitting on him for five minutes.
![[Dakota Levi Stevens, 10, died after his foster parent laid on top of him]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/07/16/16/newFile.jpg)
Officers found that Stevens had bruising on his lower neck and chest, according to an affidavit seen by the network, and police tried to resuscitate him. At the scene, Wilson told police that Dakota had run away from home after an argument and he was “acting up.”.
![[Dakota had spent the last five years in and out of different foster homes]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/20/14/5898647-copy.jpg)
When he returned, Wilson told police that her son threw himself on the floor and threatened to leave again. She then restrained him and sat on his midsection for about five minutes. Porter County Sheriff’s Detective Dan Alonzo wrote in the affidavit that he reviewed doorbell camera footage of the incident that showed Wilson lying across the boy’s body near his neck and head. He screamed “the whole time,” the affidavit said.
As she sat on Dakota, Wilson called his caseworker in an attempt to “calm him down.” The affidavit said Wilson “eventually got out of breath due to her weight,” CBS reported. Wilson was heard in video footage asking Stevens, “Are you faking?” the affidavit continued. After no response from Dakota, Wilson rolled him over and saw that his eyelids were pale. She began CPR and dialed 911.
