Mother Charged with Murdering Her Daughter

New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph A. Foster, and Manchester Police Chief Enoch F. Willard announced in a press statement that an arrest has been made connection with the murder of Sadence (“Sadie”) Willott, 21 months, on Mancheter.

Katlin Paquette, 22, has been arrested and charged with murdering her daughter.

The second-degree murder complaint charges Paquette with recklessly causing the death Willott, “under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, to wit: she recklessly caused her death through an application of physical force causing Sadence to suffer a fatal brain injury,” according to the report.

Paquette lived with Sadence at 437 Belmont St. in Manchester. On Sept. 5, 2015, 911 was dispatched to the address for the report of an unresponsive child. Sadence was treated locally at Elliott Hospital, and then med-flighted to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, where she died the following day.

An autopsy was conducted on September 8, 2015, by Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Jennie V. Duval, M.D. Dr. Duval ruled Sadie’s manner of death as a homicide, with the cause of death as “blunt impact head injuries,” according to the report.

Paquette’s arraignment is expected to take place on Sept. 28, 2015, at the 9th Circuit Court – District Division in Manchester.

Anyone who has any information relevant to this investigation is still asked to contact the Juvenile Investigative Unit at the Manchester Police Department at 603-668-8711. Citizens may also anonymously contact the Manchester Crimeline at (603) 624-4040 or leave a tip on their website at manchestercrimeline.org.