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BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) _ A 21-year-old woman has been sentenced to five years in prison after she pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of an
8-month-old Rogers girl she was babysitting.
According to the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , Melissa Garcia-Rivera
admitted in court Monday that she placed 7 pounds of pillows and blankets on top of 8-month-old Maisy Lane Hummer, which caused her death.
A probable cause affidavit says Garcia-Rivera told authorities that she placed
Maisy in a toddler bed and put the pillows and blankets on top of her. The
affidavit says the baby wasn’t breathing when Garcia-Rivera checked on her an
hour later.
Garcia-Rivera said in court that she didn’t intend to harm the baby, and she
apologized to the girl’s parents.
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