Columbia Mother And Father Receive Life Sentences

Columbia, SC (WOLO)-A judge in Columbia has handed down life sentences to a Columbia Mother and Father. Today, a jury deliberated more than an hour before finding 25-year-old Courtney Thompson and 28-year-old Robert Guinyard Senior guilty of homicide by child abuse. Prosecutor’s say the couple’s 4-year-old son was beaten for months before a final beating last July, killed him. The case also brought criticism to the state department of social services. Prosecutors told jurors relatives suspected child abuse and reported it several times to D-S-S months before his death, but the reports were not followed up.