On the day she died her mother, Jilliean Phillips drank three cans of beer and took three shots of vodka before she laid her 5-month-old daughter in bed with her.
When she awoke Oct. 24, 2010, Samantha Brown was dead.
Phillips’ decision to drink while caring for her infant and letting her sleep in a dangerous place led to charges of child abuse. She pleaded guilty to child abuse negligently causing death in May 2011.
On the day she died her mother, Jilliean Phillips drank three cans of beer and took three shots of vodka before she laid her 5-month-old daughter in bed with her.
When she awoke Oct. 24, 2010, Samantha Brown was dead.
Phillips’ decision to drink while caring for her infant and letting her sleep in a dangerous place led to charges of child abuse. She pleaded guilty to child abuse negligently causing death in May 2011.
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