MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Eli Hart's mother Julissa Thaler has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her 6-year-old son on May 20, 2022.Thaler was sentenced Thursday, Feb.
16, to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted of first-degree murder. Before the judge handed down her sentence, she said she was innocent, used an expletive and called everyone "garbage." (Watch in the player above.)Prior to her sentencing, Eli's dad, Tory Hart, and his stepmom, Josie Josephson, both spoke, at points dabbing away tears. (Watch in the player below.)Tory Hart and Josie Josephson spoke at Julissa Thaler's sentencing on Feb.
16. Thaler was sentenced to life in prison for murdering her son, 6-year-old Eli Hart."We now have legal closure on this heartbreaking tragedy.
But nothing will ever fill the void in the world that Eli left behind. I hope his family can slowly move forward and eventually find some level of peace," Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said in a statement on Thursday.Authorities said Thaler, 29, of Spring Park, shot Eli up to nine times with a shotgun in her vehicle and then hid his body in the trunk.