MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A Milwaukee woman found guilty of killing a 6-year-old boy was sentenced Thursday, Nov. 21, to life in prison. 

Anitra Burks, 34, was found guilty of first-degree reckless homicide, neglecting a child, consequence is death, and physical abuse of a child. 

Zane McAttee Adams died in July of 2024. Burks was Adams' primary caretaker after his father was going through a criminal court case.  Investigators said the boy suffered multiple blunt force injuries, with visible bruising to his face, arms and legs. 

During an autopsy, police provided crutches used by Burks to compare a hole pattern on the crutches to the patterned injuries on Adams' legs and chest. The hole pattern, according to officials, appeared to match the bruises on Adams' legs and chest.