Amber Winstead, a 36-year-old from Kentucky, received a nine-year prison sentence for the manslaughter death of her 3-month-old son, Ki’Arri Rayne Winstead, who drowned in a motel bathtub on January 1, 2025. She pleaded guilty in November 2025, with the sentence comprising seven years for manslaughter—serving 85% before parole eligibility—plus two years for a prior parole violation from a 2021 narcotics case.
Incident Details
Winstead admitted to using narcotics before entering the tub with Ki’Arri at a Motel 6 in Louisville around 4:30 a.m., where she fell asleep. Hours later, another person woke her, finding the infant submerged and unresponsive; first responders pronounced him dead on site. As part of her plea, prosecutors dropped a persistent…..