GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - A federal judge has accepted a Montana woman’s guilty plea to second-degree murder for the death of a 13-month-old girl whose body was found in a trash can.
U.S. District Judge Brian Morris set an Aug. 10 sentencing hearing for 43-year-old Janelle Red Dog of Poplar.
The Great Falls Tribune reports (https://gftrib.com/2qmgqIr) Red Dog told Morris that she had been taking care of 13-month-old Kenzley Olson when the girl became sick with pneumonia.
She says she hit the girl twice on April 18, 2016, to quiet her, and the baby also slipped and hit her chin that day.
She says the girl stopped breathing on the drive to the hospital the next morning, so she put Kenzley in a duffel bag and dumped the bag in a trash can.
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Information from: Great Falls Tribune, https://www.greatfallstribune.com
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