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COLORADO SPRINGS — A jury Friday found former foster mom Jules Lynn Cuneo guilty of child abuse and manslaughter in the death of a 2-year-old girl whom social services had placed in her care.
But jurors did not find the 36-year-old El Paso County woman guilty of first-degree murder in the Oct. 10, 2007, death of Alize Vick, which would have meant a mandatory life sentence in prison.
Instead, Cuneo faces 16 to 48 years in prison when she is sentenced on April 12 for the child-abuse conviction and four to 12 years for a separate count of reckless manslaughter.
Alize’s parents and grandmother left the courtroom through a back entrance and declined to comment after the verdict. The Gazette
Online.
