Wednesday, October 24, 2012
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - October 24, 2012 (WPVI) -- A suburban
Philadelphia woman has been sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison in
the death of an infant for whom she was baby-sitting two decades ago.
Reports say 39-year-old Melissa Haskell, formerly
of Pottstown, choked back tears as she was sentenced Wednesday in
Montgomery County Court on a third-degree murder conviction.
She again maintained her innocence in the August
1992 death of 5-month-old Ryan Baurley at a King of Prussia home,
saying "I loved that child like he was my own."
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - June 13, 2012 (WPVI) -- A jury has found a
suburban Philadelphia nanny guilty of third-degree murder in the
two-decade-old death of an infant.
The verdict came one day after Melissa Haskell
refused to let the jury consider convicting her of a lesser
manslaughter charge.
Haskell told a Montgomery County judge on Tuesday
that she didn't want a general charge of criminal homicide to replace
the murder charge.
June 7, 2012
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