Katrina Elkins, 35, the aunt of a teenager convicted last year of killing a 13-month-old, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for giving a fake alibi to police

Authorities said Katrina Elkins originally told investigators that De’Marquise Elkins (pictured below) was at her home at the time Antonio Santiago was killed and her mother was shot during a failed robbery attempt on March 21, 2013.

Glynn County Superior Court Judge Stephen Kelley accepted a plea deal with Katrina Elkins. According to a release from Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson, she was convicted of making false statements to the police.

In August 2013 De’Marquise Elkins, then 18, was convicted of murder of the baby as he sat in a stroller. He was also convicted for aggravated assault for shooting the child’s mother, Sherry West.

De’Marquise Elkins is currently serving a 105-year prison term.

His mother, Karimah Elkins was also convicted in connection with the case. Authorities said the 37-year-old threw away the gun that was used.  She was sentenced in March to serve 10 years in prison.

The teen accused of shooting a toddler between the eyes during a robbery attempt counted down from five before firing, his alleged accomplice testified today after pointing him out as the shooter.

Dominique Lang testified that he ran into De’Marquise Elkins on the morning of the March 21 slaying. A short while later as the two walked together, they saw Sherry West with a stroller.

Lang says Elkins walked to West and demanded her purse before pulling out a gun. When West refused to hand the purse over, he hit her in the face with it and threatened her baby.

‘The baby was in the stroller screaming,’ Lang said.

Elkins shot Sherry West in the leg with his .22 caliber handgun, he testified, and then shot the 13-month-old baby Antonio Santiago.

If convicted, Elkins will not face the death penalty because he was 17 at the time of the killing, too young under Georgia law to be executed.

Prosecutors have also accused Elkins of shooting Wilfredo Calix Flores outside a local church ten days before the child was killed.

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