Detroit mom who killed her two 'demon' children and put them in freezer sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole

  • Mitchelle Blair, 36, said that she feels no remorse for the deaths of her 13-year-old daughter Stoni and 9-year-old son Stephen
  • She claims that the children sexually assaulted one of her other children 
  • Blair spent part of Friday's sentencing lashing out at the children's fathers  
  • Mother will not appeal and said she would have accepted death penalty 

By Associated Press and Christopher Brennan For Dailymail.com

Published: 09:43 EST, 17 July 2015 | Updated: 16:38 EST, 17 July 2015

A Detroit woman with no remorse for killing two of her four children and stuffing the bodies in a home freezer was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole.

Mitchelle Blair, 36, was charged, convicted and sentenced less than four months after an eviction crew discovered the children's bodies in the freezer in March.

She pleaded guilty to first-degree murder late last month for killing her 13-year-old daughter, Stoni, in 2013 and 9-year-old son, Stephen, in 2012 after torturing and beating them.

'I don't feel no remorse for the death of them demons,' Blair said previously.

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Mitchelle Blair, 36, was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole after pleading guilty to killing her 13-year-old daughter in 2012 and 9-year-old son in 2012

The mother admitted to killing her daughter Stoni (pictured) and son Stephen after pouring scalding water on them, beating them and putting trash bags over their heads
Blair said that she did not intentionally kill her son Stephen (pictured), but was proud that she had beaten him to death

The mother admitted to killing her daughter Stoni (left) and son Stephen (right) after pouring scalding water on them, beating them and putting trash bags over their heads

'As horrendous as everybody thinks I am — that's fine,' Blair told the court on Friday as she lashed out against one of the fathers of her children who filed an impact statement with the judge

She claims they had sexually abused a sibling, though she didn't witness the alleged assaults and never reported anything to police. 

Prosecutor Carin Goldfarb said there was no evidence of sexual assault.

She described how she poured scalding water on the victims, beat them with sticks and put trash bags over their heads.

The mother was also said to have starved her daughter, limiting her to one meal of oatmeal per day, before choking her with a t-shirt and suffocating her with a plastic bag. 

Her surviving teenage daughter, who was reportedly hit with a 2x4 and burned with a clothing iron by her mother, told investigators that Stephen had been choked with a belt before he died.

Blair said that she did not intentionally kill Stephen, but was proud that she had beaten him to death, according to The Detroit News.

She said, 'If I had a chance to do it again, I would'. 

'So this was your way of inflicting punishment?' Judge Dana Hathaway asked.

'Definitely,' replied Blair. 

Judge Dana Hathaway said that Blair had imposed the death penalty on her children and that she had failed at one of her primary responsibilities as a mother

Judge Dana Hathaway said that Blair had imposed the death penalty on her children and that she had failed at one of her primary responsibilities as a mother

Blair said that she would have accepted the death penalty for her crimes, but Michigan does not have capital punishment

Blair said that she would have accepted the death penalty for her crimes, but Michigan does not have capital punishment

Previous medical exams revealed signs of abuse on the surviving two children, including scars on the 8-year-old consistent with being hit by an extension cord. Above, Blair yells during a court hearing in April

Previous medical exams revealed signs of abuse on the surviving two children, including scars on the 8-year-old consistent with being hit by an extension cord. Above, Blair yells during a court hearing in April

The mother underlined that sentiment at her sentencing hearing. 

'As horrendous as everybody thinks I am — that's fine,' Blair told Hathaway.

The judge told Blair, 'You imposed the death penalty on your own children'.

'As a mother, one of your primary responsibilities was to protect your kids . You failed them'. 

Blair said that she would have accepted being sentenced to the death penalty herself, but Michigan does not have capital punishment, according to Click On Detroit. 

Previous medical exams revealed signs of abuse on the surviving two children, including scars on the 8-year-old consistent with being hit by an extension cord. 

Her attorney said in her defense that she had also been abused as a child. 

The fathers of Blair's children Steven Berry (left) and Alexander Dorsey (right) are facing a legal battle over their parental rights along with the surviving children's mother. Above, they are pictured in April

The fathers of Blair's children Steven Berry (left) and Alexander Dorsey (right) are facing a legal battle over their parental rights along with the surviving children's mother. Above, they are pictured in April

The mother reportedly spent 15 minutes of Friday's court session saying that one of the fathers of her four children, Steven Berry and Alexander Dorsey, did not deserve to be in the children's lives, according to Fox Detroit.

She accused the 'pathetic' Dorsey family of lying about her treatment of her children and said that the father was often drunk when he was asked to see his children.

Blair also said that Dorsey's father was said to have molested one of his other granddaughters. 

The mother also went after the prosecutor saying that her other child had not been abused, saying 'How dare you say that didn’t happen to my (child). You weren’t there'. She pointed to the fact that her son had spoken about being molested in an interview.

She had previously given the middle finger to the fathers last month, and repeated the rude gesture as she was leaving court today.

Dorsey, who fathered Blair's two daughters had submitted a letter to the judge that had been read privately to the mother, had to be escorted from the court after making a 'disrespectful' remark.

The bodies of the two children were discovered in the freezer at Blair's home (pictured) by an eviction crew earlier this year

The bodies of the two children were discovered in the freezer at Blair's home (pictured) by an eviction crew earlier this year

A hearing later this month will determine whether Blair permanently loses parental rights to her two surviving children. Above, a memorial to Blair's children Stephen and Stoni

A hearing later this month will determine whether Blair permanently loses parental rights to her two surviving children. Above, a memorial to Blair's children Stephen and Stoni

Both fathers are fighting in a separate trial to keep parental rights over the children, now ages 17 and 8, after the state argued that they did not protect their children. 

The men have both failed to pay child support, with Berry paying only $64 since 2007 and Dorsey owing more than $37,000, according to the Detroit Free Press.  

Friends and neighbors said they didn't know there was trouble in the home and rarely saw Blair's four children. 

The two surviving children have been placed with an aunt.

A court hearing on July 27 will determine whether Blair will permanently lose the parental rights that have been suspended during the murder trial. 

Blair said she did not need to hear information about an appeal because she would not be filing one.

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