Crime & Justice

Death Penalty Sought for Woman in Torture-Death of 12-Year-Old Grandson

NO MERCY

Twelve-year-old James Alex Hurley was allegedly starved, beaten, and strangled by his own relatives in Montana.

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Gallatin County Sheriff

Montana prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty for a woman accused in the torture-murder of her 12-year-old grandson. James Alex Hurley was allegedly starved, beaten, and strangled by his own relatives—with grandmother Patricia Batts, 48, acting as the ringleader.

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