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For intentional homicide, Patricia Batts, the grandmother of the 12-year-old victim James Alexander "Alex" Hurley, received a life sentence in prison on Tuesday. She confessed her guilt in May. Gallatin County, Montana, prosecutors claimed that she exposed the youngster to a severely unpleasant environment. Alex's aunt Joanna Marks reportedly said, "You said he will be safe, so I trusted, you know—I [censored] trusted you Trish," according to KBZK.

Another cousin questioned how the grandmother could "sit back and watch as well as have such a huge hand in your own grandson's life being tortured and taken at such a young age." Hurley's mother, Alicia Davis, declined to have her letter to Batts read aloud in public. Davis remarked, "I just hope she gets what she gets."At the sentencing, Batts herself spoke. According to reports, Batts remarked, "I regret not being the grandmother Alex should've had."

Patricia Batts Age

Patricia Batts is 51 years old.

Patricia Batts Incident Detail

James Sasser Jr., Batts' husband, was already serving a 100-year sentence for intentional homicide when Hurley was discovered dead at the family home on February 3, 2020. In addition, the couple's adolescent minor son and daughter Madison Sasser, who had just turned 18, were also prosecuted.The young uncle, commonly known as James Sasser III in publications, accepted a plea agreement for intentional killing in exchange for juvenile detention and some adult probation.

If Madison Sasser had not testified against her parents, she would not have been granted probation. Gage Roush, a fifth defendant, was accused of hitting Hurley with a wooden paddle; he was given a five-year deferred sentence as a result.According to The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Batts reportedly acknowledged her son killed Hurley by striking him with a wooden paddle, that she helped enable the attack, created the hostile environment in which her son could freely mistreat Hurley, and that she neglected to take the child to the doctor.

Prosecutors agreed to remove the negligent homicide charge against Madison Sasser in exchange for her guilty plea to aggravated kidnapping. According to Elisabeth Montoya, the woman's attorney, she observed the couple choke Hurley, punch, slap, and kick him. She also saw them deprive him of affection and care. According to the attorney, this was "a family that turned to and normalized violence, torture, intimidation, and fear in their kids."

Madison Sasser's home life, according to her, "was a war zone." Despite regretting what had occurred to Hurley, Montoya argued that her client was immature for her age."Alex posed a threat. Madison's parents were generals as well. And the other children in the family were soldiers," the lawyer allegedly claimed.