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Updates: JoAnn Cunningham sentencing in death of AJ Freund

John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com JoAnn Cunningham, 37, cries and wipes her nose during a sentencing hearing in Woodstock Thursday, July 16, 2020. With her is Public Defender Angelo Mourelatos. She pled guilty in December to killing her five-year-old son A.J. Freund Jr. in April, 2019 in her Crystal Lake home. His body was found in a shallow grave in Woodstock. (John Starks)

John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com JoAnn Cunningham, 37, cries and wipes her nose during a sentencing hearing in Woodstock Thursday, July 16, 2020. With her is Public Defender Angelo Mourelatos. She pled guilty in December to killing her five-year-old son A.J. Freund Jr. in April, 2019 in her Crystal Lake home. His body was found in a shallow grave in Woodstock. (John Starks)

JoAnn Cunningham sits at a desk with her representatives in the courtroom on Thursday morning. (Courtesy of)

JoAnn Cunningham sits at a desk with her representatives in the courtroom on Thursday morning. (Courtesy of)

Photo of a lock on AJ Freund's bedroom window taken on April 18, 2018, at AJ Freund's Dole Avenue home.

Photos of a padlock on the outside of AJ Freund's home taken on April 18, 2018, at AJ Freund's Dole Avenue home.

Photos taken on April 18, 2018, at AJ Freund's Dole Avenue home.

Photos taken on April 18, 2018, at AJ Freund's Dole Avenue home.

Photos taken on April 18, 2018, at AJ Freund's Dole Avenue home.

Photo of a bag of syringes taken on April 18, 2018, at AJ Freund's Dole Avenue home.

Photos taken on April 18, 2018, at AJ Freund's Dole Avenue home.

McHenry County Judge Robert Wilbrandt

Dr. JoEllen Channon, emergency room physician

JoAnn Cunningham leaves courtroom 302 on Feb. 27 after a status hearing with Judge Robert Wilbrandt at the McHenry County Courthouse in Woodstock. In December, she plead guilty to killing her 5-year-old son, AJ Freund. She was scheduled to be sentenced on April 30. (AP file)

JoAnn Cunningham enters courtroom 302 Feb. 27 for a status hearing with McHenry County Judge Robert Wilbrandt at the McHenry County Courthouse in Woodstock. In December, she plead guilty to killing her 5-year-old son, AJ Freund. (Stacey Wescott)