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Mother
gets 90 days for death of daughter
By
Clinton Randall
4/14/2014
GREENVILLE
- The mother of a deceased child will stay in jail until the middle
of May after Judge Jonathan Hein ordered the recommended 90 day
sentence.
Lauren
K. Jones, 28, of Greenville appeared in the Darke County Common Pleas
Court with her attorney Jack Hemm of Miami County April 11 for
sentencing. She and her husband, Scott A. Webber, 29, were charged
after an investigation into the February 2013 death of their
16-month-old daughter who died of asphyxiation while in her crib.
Investigators believed a combination of the adult sleep-aid ZzzQuil,
the couple admitted to giving her that night, and clutter inside the
crib led to the baby's death.
Jones
pleaded guilty to a count of Child Endangering, a third degree
felony, Feb. 14. The state then dropped a first degree felony count
of Involuntary Manslaughter as part of a plea agreement. Jones was
also expected to testify against Webber if he opted to go to trial on
the case...
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