Kansas woman gets life in prison after two-year-old son fatally shoots his sister

Mariann Belair, 24, found guilty of first-degree murder after son picked up gun on couch and killed four-year-old sister

A Kansas mother whose two-year-old son fatally shot his four-year-old sister has been sentenced to life in prison.

Mariann Belair, 24, will not be eligible for parole until she has served 25 years under the sentence imposed on Tuesday in Shawnee county district court, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported. Jurors found her guilty in May of aggravated child endangerment and first-degree murder in the commission of a felony.