4-year old Duct-taped and beaten to death over potty training. Mom, Mary Yoder, will now spend 42 years in prison.

‘Unbelievable’: Judge lashes out after mother said she missed the ‘sweet boy’ she helped torture and beat to death

A 28-year-old mother in Indiana will spend several decades behind bars for her role in torturing and killing her 4-year-old son, who was starved, beaten, and imprisoned in a dark basement before he was ultimately beaten to death by his father over potty training failures.

LaPorte County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Alevizos on Friday ordered Mary Yoder to serve a sentence of 42 years in a state correctional facility for her role in the 2021 slaying of young Judah Morgan, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

Yoder in August 2023 pleaded guilty to one count of neglect resulting in the death of a dependent and one count of domestic battery to a child, Law&Crime previously reported. The latter charge was concerning the abuse suffered by Judah’s younger sibling.

The boy’s father, Alan Morgan, pleaded guilty in 2022 to multiple felonies, including murder and battery, in Judah’s death. Alevizos subsequently sentenced him to 70 years in prison.