11-month-old squeezed into too-small swaddle dies at day care, OR officials say

A woman operatingan unlicensed day careis heading to prison following the death of an 11-month-old, officials in Oregon said.

Teresa Louise Biswanath, 46, was sentenced to two years behind bars after a jury convicted her of criminally negligent homicide, the Washington County District Attorney’s Office said in a May 13 news release.

In an email to McClatchy News, Biswanath’s attorney, Rich Cohen, said an appeal is planned, and he added that “Ms. Biswanath has been deeply connected to the death of the infant in her care from the moment of crisis and loss to the current time. She had worked with the child’s family for four years and thinks always of their trauma and the loss connected to the death of their precious child.”…

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