A 33-year-old South Boston woman, Tonja Lashay Sydnor, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday in Halifax County Circuit Court on charges stemming from the May 27, 2019 death of her 5-year-old son Christian Sydnor.

Judge Kimberley S. White sentenced Sydnor to 10 years each on the charges of voluntary manslaughter and child abuse/neglect resulting in serious injury, the maximum sentence for the charges prescribed by the state’s sentencing guidelines.

Miranda Baines is a staff writer for The Gazette-Virginian. Contact her at mbaines@gazettevirginian.com.