GOLDEN, Colo. — A woman was sentenced Tuesday for abusing a 2-year-old boy who was in her care.
Mckinley Hernandez, 26, was sentenced to 18 years in prison, followed by three years of parole. In April, after a seven-day trial, a Jefferson County jury found Hernandez guilty of one count of child abuse – recklessly causing serious body injury, according to a news release from the 1st Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
On Sept. 1, 2023, Lakewood Police began an investigation after a 2-year-old boy was brought to St. Anthony Hospital by his babysitter, who was Hernandez, and her boyfriend. The boy was airlifted to Children’s Hospital for lifesaving surgery…