July 03, 2009 07:20 am KALKASKA -- Sheldon McDonald will spend the rest of his life behind bars. McDonald was found guilty last month of first-degree felony murder, first-degree child abuse, second-degree murder and conspiracy to obstruct justice. A judge sentenced him to life in prison without parole Thursday. McDonald, 26, was charged in the August death of Cody Cross, 3. Cody was unconscious and had a head injury when authorities arrived Aug. 1 at the downtown Kalkaska apartment where McDonald lived with the boy's mother, Pamela Buning. He died Aug. 3.
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