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A younger mom whose toddler son died after she left him alone for 20 minutes to speak on the telephone was setenced to a yr in jail.

Olivia Elizabeth Miller, 24, will spend just below 120 days in a Michigan state correctional facility over the drowning of her 8-month-old son, Asher Johnson.

A choose credited 246 days of that sentence as time served.

In October, Miller pleaded no contest to a single rely of involuntary manslaughter in her son’s loss of life, Legislation & Crime studies. As a part of the plea, prosecutors agreed to drop a second-degree youngster abuse cost she was additionally dealing with.

On November 22, 2023, 911 operators in Grand Rapids acquired a name from Miller saying that her son had drowned in her bathtub.

First responders rushed to the house and located the kid mendacity face up on the ground. They started performing lifesaving therapy, however the youngster finally died in hospital.

When detectives questioned Miller, she informed them that she had put her son within the tub with a couple of inches of water and walked out of the room to flip her laundry. She stated she solely left the room for 5 minutes, after upon returning discovered her son floating face up within the tub together with his mouth stuffed with water. Miller additionally informed the detectives that she tried to resuscitate her son whereas ready for first responders to reach.

Investigators stated that Miller’s story modified throughout subsequent police interviews.

“All through the investigation, [Miller] gave various tales of what occurred surrounding Asher’s loss of life,” deputies wrote in a most likely trigger affidavit reviewed by MLive.

Investigators pulled knowledge from Miller’s telephone and located that she had been utilizing it on the time that her son was drowning within the tub. She reportedly started utilizing it at 3:17 p.m. and continued utilizing it practically uninterrupted for simply over 20 minutes, till she referred to as 911.

In addition they discovered that about 4 minutes earlier than calling 911, Miller texted her father saying “Simply attempting to speak whereas I’ve time whereas Asher’s taking a nap.”

She then reportedly referred to as Asher’s paternal grandmother twice and informed her that her son had drowned earlier than calling 911.

Officers inspecting Asher after his loss of life decided that he had been mendacity on his again on the ground for at the least 20 minutes earlier than first responders arrived on the home to render therapy.

Frank Stanley, the legal professional representing Miller, informed native broadcaster WZZM that there was “no indication of intentionality” in Miller’s actions.

“It is a tragic scenario,” he stated. “She has suffered tremendously emotionally from the loss of life of her youngster — she loves that youngster.”