The mother has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for her role in the death of her 8-year-old son, Kendrick Lee.

“This was a case that should never have been filed. Judge Johnson had no alcohol on her breath or drugs in her system," her attorney Chris Tritico said in a statement. "There was, quite frankly, no probable cause to arrest her.

The mother of a 8-year-old boy who was beaten to death by her partner has pleaded guilty.

“This was a case that should never have been filed. Judge Johnson had no alcohol on her breath or drugs in her system," her attorney Chris Tritico said in a statement. "There was, quite frankly, no probable cause to arrest her.

Kelli Johnson, the high-profile Harris County Judge who presides 178 District Court, has been in the spotlight over the past few weeks after she was charged for driving while intoxicated, now her cases are reassigned.

Judge Kelli Johnson, the presiding judge of the 178th Criminal District Court in Harris County, was arrested early Tuesday morning for driving while intoxicated. Known for her role in the high-profile AJ Armstrong trial. What are your thoughts on this incident? Let us know in the comments below!

Gloria Williams is facing new charges in the death of her 8-year-old son, Kendrick Lee.

Judge Kelli Johnson said she'd seen and heard a lot in her years on the bench, but this case was 'horrific.'

Brian Coulter is on trial for the murder of his girlfriend's 8-year-old son, Kendrick Lee.

Brian Coulter is on trial for the murder of his girlfriend's 8-year-old son, Kendrick Lee.

Accused perpetrator opts for judge-only trial in shocking child murder case

A 12-page child fatality report shows Child Protective Services was involved, at multiple points, in the life of a family that included an 8-year-old boy whose corpse was found among his living siblings back in October 2021.

Road rage shootings, beating deaths, and robberies turned deadly -- the Houston area witnessed an onslaught of unimaginable crimes this year.

On Friday, a judge raised the bond to $1.5 million for a woman who is accused of leaving her three children abandoned in an apartment with their sibling’s skeletal remains.

Here are things to know for Monday, Nov. 1:

KPRC 2 has learned that Brian Coulter, the man at the center of a horrific abuse and abandonment case, was jailed for a week in November 2020 -- the same month investigators say he beat his girlfriend’s eight year-old child to death.

The family of Brian Coulture, the man accused of killing his girlfriend's 8-year-old child and severely abusing her other children, sent KPRC 2 a statement expressing sympathy for what has happened. The family says the man at the center of the horrific case is not the person they raised.

Here are things to know for Thursday, Oct. 28:

Two boys described in gruesome detail how their brother was beaten to death, just days after authorities found the boy’s skeletal remains in an apartment in West Harris County.