A woman was sentenced to 40 years after she entered a guilty plea on two charges to injury to a child, according to court records.
Emily Aust and Austin Reid, were charged with two counts of injury to a child in 2020. The couple were accused of beating and burning both Aust’s 2-year-old son in 2019 and newborn son earlier in May 2019.
Aust was sentenced to 40 years for each charge. The sentences are concurrent.
In May 2019, 2-year-old Lucas Zamora, was rushed to Texas Children’s Hospital after being left alone with Reid. He reportedly told police he’d left the little boy in a partially filled tub and came back to find him unconscious.
The problem with that story, according to prosecutors, was that the child wasn’t wet when medics found him and his injuries were extensive.
Zamora found to have brain bleeds and extensive bruising all over this body, including his head, arms legs, genitals and he also had large amounts of cigarette burns all over his body, according to Assist. Harris County Attorney, Gilbert Sawtelle.
He died after three days of being on life support.
Police were still investigating that case when Aust gave birth to a second son.
Then, the new baby was severely injured, prosecutors said. Reid claimed the infant was injured when he stuck his arm through a laundry basket.
But doctors discovered the baby’s elbow was broken and dislocated. The baby also had burns on its fingertips and high liver enzymes indicative of abdominal trauma.
On July 19, 2023, Reid was sentenced to 50 years for each count of child injury.
Visiting District Judge Mike Wilkinson mentioned that the sentences will be served simultaneously, and Reid will be considered for parole after doing his time for at least 25 years.
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