--- description: She admitted to killing her 13-year old daughter and 9-year old son title: Mom Who Stuffed Dead Kids Freezer Gets Life in Prison image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteff2a85046e86309/69885b680a4a2296ac9c530c/mitchelle-blair.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Detroit Mom Who Killed Her 2 Kids and Stuffed Them in Freezer Gets Life in Prison  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jul 17, 2015 4:28 PM CUT  Mitchelle Blair during a custody hearing in Detroit on June 4, 2015. Mitchelle Blair during a custody hearing in Detroit on June 4, 2015.Clarence Tabb Jr.—AP  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jul 17, 2015 4:28 PM CUT A Detroit mom who killed two of her kids and stuffed their bodies in a freezer has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Mitchelle Blair pled guilty to the murders of her 13-year old daughter Stoni and 9-year old son Steven, and told the court she killed them because she believed they had sexually abused one of her younger children. She told [the court](http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/29434241/mitchelle-blair-why-i-killed-my-kids "undefined") she “definitely meant to kill” Stoni, but murdered Steven by accident. “If I had killed Steven intentionally I definitely would be proud to say I did, but I didn’t,” she [said in court last month.](http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/29434241/mitchelle-blair-why-i-killed-my-kids "undefined") “I don’t feel no emotion for the death of them demons.” The judge told Blair she “imposed the death penalty” on her own children according to the [Detroit News. ](http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2015/07/17/freezer-mom-blair-sentence/30284371/ "undefined") The children had likely been killed in 2012 or 2013, but their [bodies were found in](http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2015/03/24/body-freezer/70377026/ "undefined") March while bailiffs were evicting Blair and her two surviving children from their Detroit home. The kids were home-schooled, which is one reason why their deaths went undiscovered for so years, according to the [Detroit News.](http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2015/03/24/body-freezer/70377026/ "undefined") Prosecutors say neither of the surviving children were [sexually abused.](http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2015/07/17/freezer-mom-blair-sentence/30284371/ "undefined") Blair expressed no remorse during her sentencing hearing Friday. “As horrendous as everyone thinks I am, that’s fine. But I’m the only one not lying about anything,” she said according to [NBC](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/detroit-mom-mitchelle-blair-gets-life-sentence-putting-children-freezer-n393781 "undefined"). \[[Detroit News](http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2015/07/17/freezer-mom-blair-sentence/30284371/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3962684/mom-freezer-mitchelle-blaire/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3962684/mom-freezer-mitchelle-blaire/"},"headline":"Detroit Mom Who Killed Her 2 Kids and Stuffed Them in Freezer Gets Life in Prison","datePublished":"2015-07-17T16:28:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:21:28.555Z","description":"She admitted to killing her 13-year old daughter and 9-year old son","url":"https://time.com/3962684/mom-freezer-mitchelle-blaire/","keywords":["Murder","Crime","Detroit","kids","killing","Dead","Prison","Mom"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteff2a85046e86309/69885b680a4a2296ac9c530c/mitchelle-blair.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteff2a85046e86309/69885b680a4a2296ac9c530c/mitchelle-blair.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mitchelle Blair during a custody hearing in Detroit on June 4, 2015.","caption":"Mitchelle Blair during a custody hearing in Detroit on June 4, 2015.","creditText":"Clarence Tabb Jr.—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3962684/mom-freezer-mitchelle-blaire/","name":"Detroit Mom Who Killed Her 2 Kids and Stuffed Them in Freezer Gets Life in Prison"}}]}] ```