On Monday, North Carolina woman Jamie Basinger pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after her 3-year-old son, Landyn Melton, froze to death in March on an outside porch while she slept inside.
The child was found dead on March 15 after investigators say he went outside in the middle of the night and could not get back into the house. Basinger, who was originally charged with both involuntary manslaughter and child abuse, pleaded guilty to the former charge while prosecutors dropped the latter.
She was released from incarceration earlier this week after being held since her arrest earlier this year, her attorney told People.
The child was found dead on March 15 after investigators say he went outside in the middle of the night and could not get back into the house. Basinger, who was originally charged with both involuntary manslaughter and child abuse, pleaded guilty to the former charge while prosecutors dropped the latter.
She was released from incarceration earlier this week after being held since her arrest earlier this year, her attorney told People.
- 12/13/2017
- by Harriet Sokmensuer
- PEOPLE.com
A North Carolina woman whose 3-year-old son froze to death on their porch earlier this year pleaded guilty on Monday to an involuntary manslaughter charge, People confirms.
Jamie Basinger was unconscious, with drugs in her system, as her son, Landyn, was dying outside her home in March, according to a Burke County court official.
Following her plea this week, Basinger was sentenced to 19 and 32 months in prison as well as three years’ probation, with credit for 245 days already served, according to local TV station Wsoc and the Morganton News Herald. Basinger’s attorney, Frank Webster, tells People she will only...
Jamie Basinger was unconscious, with drugs in her system, as her son, Landyn, was dying outside her home in March, according to a Burke County court official.
Following her plea this week, Basinger was sentenced to 19 and 32 months in prison as well as three years’ probation, with credit for 245 days already served, according to local TV station Wsoc and the Morganton News Herald. Basinger’s attorney, Frank Webster, tells People she will only...
- 12/12/2017
- by Harriet Sokmensuer
- PEOPLE.com
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