Woman sentenced to 10 years after pouring boiling water on her then boyfriend

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An Illinois woman was sentenced to 10 years in jail for pouring scalding water on her boyfriend while he slept on a couch and posting the attack on Snapchat.

Alexis Sykes, 23, of Roselle, proceeded to describe how her boyfriend's skin fell off his burned arms, adding that he begged her to take him to the hospital while she hid the car keys.

'I kinda feel bad now because he got 2 & 3rd degree Burns from face to waist & they rushin him to burn center but oh well, bi***' officials said Sykes, of Roselle, posted on the social media platform after the attack on January 2.

The victim, who has not been named by police, eventually found the keys and drove himself to a hospital.

Sykes fled to Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, where she was arrested and charged by police on January 19, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said Tuesday.



On Monday, Sykes was sentenced to 10 years in jail after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated battery by caustic substance as part of a plea deal.



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After the attack, Sykes fled Illinois for two weeks, until she was located and arrested in Mississippi on January 19. Since then she has remained in custody at DuPage County Jail

Sykes captioned the Snapchat post on the attack with a shrugging shoulder and blowing kiss emojis.

'[He] still cried & beg me to drive him to the hospital,' she wrote.

The victim was transported to Loyola University Medical Center Burn Unit, where he spent two weeks recovering.

Authorities said he underwent skin graft surgery.



The victim was transported to Loyola University Medical Center Burn Unit, where he spent two weeks recovering
Sykes was initially charged with two counts of aggravated battery by caustic substance and two counts of aggravated domestic battery after the attack at the Roselle residence she shared with the victim.

'The cruelty displayed by Ms. Sykes as she doused her sleeping boyfriend with a pot of boiling water is extremely disturbing,' Berlin said in a statement to local news station WMAQ.

'Considering her complete disregard for the amount of pain and suffering she caused her victim, one can only come to the conclusion that she has most certainly earned every year of her ten-year sentence,' he added.

She has been held in custody at DuPage County Jail since her arrest.

She will have to serve at least eight-and-a-half years before being eligible for parole.

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[MikelArteta]

should be life

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Damn! Didn’t know they gave you that much time for boiling water. Very good to know! You disfigure anybody in anyway and you should be off the streets

 

[Luke Cage]

should be life

Nah i think 10 years is a solid sentence.

 

[Born2BKing]

Nah i think 10 years is a solid sentence.

Will dudes face and body only be disfigured for 10 years?

 

[Luke Cage]

Will dudes face and body only be disfigured for 10 years?

Is that how we base sentencing? on how long a person is affected by the crime? because if that's the case if i steal something and give it back during the trial i should get zero time behind bars. nah

 

[Born2BKing]

Is that how we base sentencing? on how long a person is affected by the crime? because if that's the case if i steal something and give it back during the trial i should get zero time behind bars. nah

Nah, you said 10 was suffusive. Just don't agree with that, for what is basically attempted murder to an extent.

 

[Luke Cage]

Nah, you said 10 was suffusive. Just don't agree with that, for what is basically attempted murder to an extent.

It wasn't attempted murder, it was aggravated battery. They start giving out life sentences for aggravated battery then you could get life for throwing a bottle at someone. Her case was the most severe form of aggravated battery so she got a more severe sentence, people usually get 1 to 3
people always wanna go to extremes, its either free my nikka or give that nikka life.

 

[aXiom]

Nah i think 10 years is a solid sentence.

Nah, she still catching a hot one when she gets out for ruining my life. It’s a lose-lose situation.

 

[Macallik86]

Is that how we base sentencing? on how long a person is affected by the crime? because if that's the case if i steal something and give it back during the trial i should get zero time behind bars. nah

IANAL, but restitution is essentially giving back what was stolen and plays into sentencing

On top of those, I think victim impact (such as PTSD, long term impact) and level of atonement as well.

 

[King Sun]

Unless he was beating her this seems to be fair

 

[UberEatsDriver]

It wasn't attempted murder, it was aggravated battery. They start giving out life sentences for aggravated battery then you could get life for throwing a bottle at someone. Her case was the most severe form of aggravated battery so she got a more severe sentence, people usually get 1 to 3
people always wanna go to extremes, its either free my nikka or give that nikka life.

Black folks in the south would get this treatment to the extreme if that her did exist

 

[TripleAgent]

I would spend that 10 rehabbing and training, be outside when she gets released, then Ong Bak knee her back over the fence.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Nah, she still catching a hot one when she gets out for ruining my life. It’s a lose-lose situation.

Most definitely. I'm slowly emptying the clip as soon as she step put the gates.

 

[Wildhundreds]

It would be nice to know the reasons behind these drastic measures.