Galesburg woman sentences to over 50 years for death of daughter
Galesburg, Ill.- A Galesburg woman has been sentenced to over 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to the death of her daughter. According to Knox County Attorney Jeremy Karlin, Hazel Ivy was ordered to serve 53 years in prison for the strangulation death of her 7-year-old daughter Willow Banks in January of 2021 in Galesburg. At sentencing, the forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on Banks testified that she had suffered "multiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma to the back of her head in addition to injuries consistent with strangulation." Earlier this year, Ivy pl...