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Associated Press - December 15, 2009 9:04 AM ET
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa mother convicted of killing one son and trying to kill her other son faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.
Michelle Kehoe, of Coralville, is to be sentenced on Tuesday. A jury convicted her last month of first-degree murder, attempted murder and child endangerment.
Prosecutors say Kehoe drove her two sons to a pond near Littleton in rural Buchanan County in October 2008, where she covered their faces with duct tape and cut their throats with a knife.
Her 2-year-old son, Seth, died. Her 7-year-old son, Sean, survived. Kehoe also cut her own throat and was hospitalized for weeks.
Kehoe's trial was moved to Grundy County because of pre-trial publicity. She pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
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