ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP – An emotional Cathleen Koch on Wednesday gave her 10-month-old son a long hug and several kisses moments before she was taken into custody to begin an eight-year prison sentence.

Judge Timothy Q. Sheldon issued that term for her role in the 2010 attack on her then-1-year-old daughter at a St. Charles motel.

Koch, 30, pleaded guilty in July to 13 counts associated with the attack on her daughter, Molly, by her then-boyfriend, James C. Cooper. Molly suffered severe injuries in the beating and is expected to never live independently.