Former Daycare Owner Sentenced In Death Of New Canaan Child

STAMFORD, CT — A former Stamford daycare owner, who pleaded guilty last year in connection with the 2016 death of New Canaan infant Bella Redondo, was sentenced in court Wednesday to three-and-a-half years in prison, writes News 12 Connecticut.

Nydia Carrillo-Maldonado pleaded guilty in December to first-degree manslaughter and first-degree risk of injury to a minor in connection with the July 2016 death. In court Wednesday, Carrillo-Maldonado reportedly showed no contrition, and she did not apologize to Bella's family, according to News 12.

According to authorities, Bella Redondo reportedly was having difficulty breathing when Carrillo-Maldonado called 911, but the child died hours later at Stamford Hospital. The case was ruled a homicide because medical examiners discovered Bella had suffered blunt-force trauma to the head.

Carrillo-Maldonado pleaded guilty under the Alford Doctrine, which essentially means she did not agree with the verdict but acknowledged that she possibly could have been convicted based on evidence. If convicted at trial, she could have faced 30 years in prison.

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