BANGOR, Maine (AP) - A Maine woman charged in the death of her newborn son has been sentenced to nine years in prison after changing her plea to guilty.
Twenty-one-year-old Fairfield resident Kayla Stewart pleaded guilty Wednesday to manslaughter under an agreement in which prosecutors dropped a murder charge. The judge proceeded to impose the sentence after the weeping woman apologized and her parents and her best friend pleaded for leniency.
Police arrested Stewart about a year ago after police said they found the remains of the baby in the garage of a home she shared with her boyfriend.
Stewart’s attorney said Stewart thought the baby was stillborn. A medical examiner said the full-term baby was born alive and died from asphyxiation or neglect.
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