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Julissa Thaler was found guilty of both first- and second-degree murder in Eli Hart's death, automatically receiving a life sentence without parole.

After four days of testimony, attorneys rested their case against Julissa Thaler.

Robert Pikkarainen fought back tears as he told jurors that Thaler fought with 6-year-old Eli Hart before taking a shotgun down to her car and returning for the boy.

Individual jury questioning got underway Tuesday in the trial for Julissa Thaler as a statewide organization shines a spotlight on the issue of domestic homicide and relationship abuse across Minnesota.

Hennepin County prosecutors say they will not show "horrid" autopsy photos to jury, and the judge denied Julissa Thalers request to leave courtroom when graphic evidence is presented.

Court documents show 28-year-old Julissa Thaler is charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder in the death of her son, Eli Hart.

The victim's family offered emotional testimony as they asked the court for a stiff sentence for their daughter's killer.

A judge cited a “perfect storm” of events when he chose to sentence a former daycare worker to probation for hanging a toddler in her Minneapolis home.

Suit contends workers ignored warning signs that Eli Harts mother was mentally ill. She was later charged with killing the boy.

The budding comedian was outraged by the deaths of Black men at the hands of police. He wondered out loud if he would someday shoot it out rather than surrender.