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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisiana woman charged in the death of a 5-year-old boy whose body was found in a suitcase in southern Indiana a year-and-a-half ago is headed to prison for her role in the child's murder. 

Dawn Coleman, 41, of Shreveport was sentenced Tuesday by Washington Circuit Court Judge Larry Medlock to 30 years in prison with five years suspended to probation. Coleman entered a plea agreement earlier this month to a Level 1 felony charge of conspiracy to commit murder. Her attorney confirmed she will serve 25 years.

Cairo Ammar Jordan's body was found in a suitcase in the woods in Washington County, Indiana, in April 2022 by a mushroom hunter. Coleman was arrested months later.

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An arrest warrant was issued for Dejaune Anderson, Jordan's mother, but she is still on the run. Police believe she may be somewhere in the western part of the United States.

A probable cause affidavit states that Coleman admitted to walking into a bedroom of the home where she witnessed Anderson lying on top of the child, who was face down on the bed with his face into the mattress, according to a news release. Coleman told police "it was already done," when she walked in. She said Anderson asked her to help put Cairo in a trash bag and then into the suitcase.

Prosecutors said the two women then drove to an area outside of Pekin where they dumped the suitcase in a wooded area.

An autopsy found that Cairo died from vomiting and diarrhea that led to dehydration, Indiana State Police said. Investigators said the boy had died about a week or less before the mushroom hunter discovered his body.

Jordan would have turned 7 years old in October.

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