Prison term for Aurora mom who broke toddler's leg

An Aurora woman has been sentenced to nine years in prison for breaking her 3-year-old son's leg in a fit of rage, officials said Thursday.

Estela Ramirez-Placido, 24, pleaded guilty to aggravated battery to a child and domestic abuse in June and was sentenced by Kane County Associate Judge T. Jordan Gallagher.

Prosecutors said the abuse happened April 23, 2007, when Ramirez-Placido became "enraged" at the toddler for soiling his pants.

After cleaning the boy, Ramirez-Placido began to hit him. When he fought back, she held him against a wall by the neck and punched him in the stomach until he fell to the floor. According to the charges, she then knelt next to the child and twisted his leg until it snapped.

The boy went without medical attention for two days, at which point Ramirez-Placido's boyfriend convinced her to take him to a hospital, where she acknowledged responsibility, according to the state's attorney's office.

Prosecutors said the mother further acknowledged to police that she had abused the boy since he was able to walk, and was responsible for a burn mark, scars, bruises, bite marks and scratches covering the boys body, including his genitals.

By statute, Ramirez-Placido must serve at least 85 percent of the sentence, a little more than seven and a half years. She was credited for 827 days served in the county jail.