Croton Mom Guilty of Daughter's Death Found Dead in Ardsley Motel

RIVERTOWNS, NY — The Croton-on-Hudson mom who admitted contributing to the overdose death of her 6-year-old daughter was found dead Friday at an Ardsley motel, according to The Journal News. Kathleen Dymes was found unresponsive by police called to the scene. She was pronounced dead at Dobbs Ferry Hospital.

The Westchester County Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death, TJN reported. The drug overdose that killed Lacey Carr included Benadryl, diazepam and morphine. A former nurse, Dymes was a drug abuser with a criminal record.

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Unresponsive was how Dymes was found on Easter Sunday 2015, when her estranged husband called Croton-on-Hudson police. She was kneeling by the side of a bed in her parents' home, and her child was lying on the bed, also unresponsive. Strewn around the room were over-the-counter, prescription and illegal drugs and alcohol. There were also two handwritten suicide notes.

Dymes survived.

She was charged six months later with criminally negligent homicide, endangering the welfare of a child, and a count of criminal possession of a controlled substance. She pleaded guilty in January 2016 to all three counts. That April, she received a sentence of five years' probation.

SEE:

• No Jail Time for Mom Guilty of Daughter's Death
• Croton Mom Pleads Guilty in Daughter's Easter Sunday Death
• Lacey Carr's Mom is Court No-Show
• 6-Year-Old's Mom Faces Homicide, Drug Charges
• Child Dead, Mother Hospitalized in Croton-on-Hudson