Woman pleads guilty, sentenced to 52 years for Texas boy’s death
By JUAN A. LOZANO
Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say a woman has agreed to a 52-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in the 2021 death of her boyfriend’s 5-year-old Houston son. The boy’s body had been kept hidden in a storage unit before it was discovered in an East Texas hotel. During a court hearing Wednesday, 31-year-old Theresa Balboa pleaded guilty to murder in the death of Samuel Olson. Her plea was part of an agreement with prosecutors, who reduced the charge against her from capital murder to murder. Anthony Osso, Balboa’s attorney, said his client agreed to plead guilty to spare the boy’s family a trial and for a chance at parole.