Babysitter who tortured toddler to death will spend rest of her life behind bars A babysitter who beat a two-year-old boy to death has been jailed for life.
More than two years later, the babysitter was sentenced to life in prison by Circuit Judge Michael P. Mills after pleading guilty to capital murder and child abuse.
Makallie Elizabeth Durham, from Mississippi, was looking after Jay Hurd’s two children, two-year-old Kristian Harris and his 11-month-old sister, in September 2022 when the young boy became unresponsive.
A court heard how Makallie hit Kristian ‘in the face or head’ on three separate occasions on September 9, 12 and 13 of 2022.
The final count of the indictment revealed that Kristian was beaten on September 13 which led to his tragic death.
