Girlfriend sentenced to life in scalding death of toddler Web-posted Jul 23, 2005 Judge gives mandatory sentence to 28-year-old By KORIE WILKINS Of The Oakland Press PONTIAC - With tears streaming down her face, the woman convicted of scalding her boyfriend's daughter to death apologized, saying she never meant to harm the child. Letitia Johnson, 28, will spend the rest of her life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder earlier this month. A jury deliberated for two hours on the matter after the three-day trial. Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Rudy Nichols handed down the mandatory sentence in...