'Wylie's Angel' Grandmother Sentenced To 28 Years For Murder

DALLAS (AP) – The grandmother of a 6-year-old boy whose body was found near a Dallas-area pond last year has pleaded guilty to murder after being accused of abandoning the child.

Darlene Phillips was sentenced to 28 years in prison Wednesday as part of a plea deal with Collin County prosecutors. The 64-year-old woman faced up to life in prison.

Defense attorney Marc Fratter said his goal was to make sure Phillips didn't spend the rest of her life in prison.

Authorities have said the boy, Gerren Isgrigg, had significant medical needs, and Phillips was his primary caregiver after the child's mother left him with Phillips. Police in the Dallas suburb of Wylie said the boy appeared to have once had a feeding tube.

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