North Dakota
North Dakota woman gets 5 years for infant’s starvation death, child abuse
BISMARCK — A 28-year-old girl has been sentenced in federal court docket to 5 years in jail on manslaughter and baby abuse fees in a case during which
investigators stated the girl’s toddler died from hunger
and three different youngsters had meth of their methods.
Paige Howling Wolf, of Parshall, pleaded responsible late final yr to fees of involuntary manslaughter, baby neglect and baby abuse stemming from a June 2020 emergency name on the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Paramedics responded to a report of an unresponsive toddler at Howling Wolf’s residence, in keeping with a information launch from prosecutors.
Her 9-month-old baby was declared lifeless on the scene. An post-mortem revealed the child died from power hunger, in keeping with prosecutors.
Three of Howling Wolf’s 4 different youngsters had meth of their methods, prosecutors stated. These three youngsters weren’t older than 7 years previous, in keeping with court docket paperwork.