Wednesday 21 November 2012

Jurors Give 80-Year Sentence for Toddler's Death in Daycare Fire

HOUSTON (CN) - A daycare operator who left her charges alone in the house with a still-burning stove, causing a fire that killed four children, will serve 80 years in prison.
     Prosecutors said Jessica Tata left the children, all of whom were under the age of 4, unattended to shop at a nearby Target in February 2011. While she was gone, a pan with oil on a hot burner caught fire.
     Elias Castillo, 16 months, Kendyll Stradford, 20 months, Elizabeth Kajoh, 19 months, and 3-year-old Shomari Dickerson died in the blaze. Another three were injured.
     Tata's defense attorney Mike DeGeurin had argued that a defective refrigerator switch started the fire.

Jurors Give 80-Year Sentence for Toddler's Death in Daycare Fire

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