article_snippet: A jury in the New York suburbs found Spears, of Scottsville, Kentucky, guilty of second-degree murder in the January 2014 death of 5-year-old Garnett-Paul Spears after nearly three days of deliberations.
article_snippet: When The woman is sentenced next month, Spears could face up to life in prison.
article_snippet: Guilty: Lacey Spears, 27, pictured here in court today, was found guilty of killing her five-year-old son by poisoning her five-year-old son with salt .
article_snippet: Innocent child: Garnett-Paul Spears (left) died in January 2014 after prosecutors say Garnett-Paul Spears (left) mother (right) force-fed Garnett-Paul Spears (left) salt through Garnett-Paul Spears (left) . '
article_snippet: Assistant District Attorney Patricia Murphy suggested that Spears, 27, eventually killed Garnett-Paul Spears (left) because Assistant District Attorney Patricia Murphy feared Garnett-Paul Spears (left) would start telling people Assistant District Attorney Patricia Murphy was making Garnett-Paul Spears (left) ill.
article_snippet: Spears' sentencing was scheduled for April 8.
article_snippet: Spears, an Alabama native, was living with Spears' son in Chestnut Ridge, New York, when he died.
article_snippet: Spears' moved to Kentucky afterward and was living there when Spears' was arrested.
article_snippet: Garnett-Paul Spears was airlifted from Nyack Hospital to Maria Fareri Children's Hospital in Westchester, New York, on Janaury 19, 2014, after complaining of severe abdominal pain caused by  a suspected stomach virus.
article_snippet: Spears lived in a bizarre fantasy world, inventing a hero cop fiancé who died in a car crash and telling everyone Spears
article_snippet: Spears hero cop fiance who died in a car crash.
article_snippet: The Florida Department of Children and Families revealed last April that The Florida Department of Children and Families've had a file on Spears since 2011, when an anonymous call voicing concerns about Spears parenting was made to The Florida Department of Children and Families abuse hotline.
highlights_snippet: Lacey Spears, 27, found guilty of second-degree murder in January 2014 death of her 5-year-old son, Garnett-Paul Spears .
  