Diane Greening pleaded no contest to willfully causing her newborn child's death.
A few years back, a girl I went to high school with in Elk Grove, by the name of Diane Green, was arrested for killing her baby and dumping its body in a Dumpster behind Food Source on Mack Road in Sacramento. Whatever happened to her?
– Mich, Elk Grove
According to Sacramento Superior Court online records, Diane Greening pleaded no contest to willfully causing the death of her child.
Greening, who was 24 at the time, was arrested in August 2004, more than three months after she abandoned her newborn son near a supermarket on Mack Road. According to a story in The Bee, detectives believe the baby was alive when Greening dumped him in a garbage bag near the vacant store.
When a homeless man discovered the baby, it looked as though the infant had been dead about two days, according to police, who said the baby's umbilical cord was still attached.
The child was found less than a mile from a Sacramento fire station, where the infant could legally have been abandoned under the Safely Surrender Baby Law.
Greening was sentenced in May 2005 to 367 days in jail and 10 years probation.
Back in the early '90s, a very popular, well-respected female day care owner living in the suburbs and operating a day care out of her home was either accused or then charged with causing the death of an approximately 1-year-old boy named Loren in her care. What was the outcome of her case?
– Anonymous, Carmichael
Jamie Lynne Stone was acquitted of second-degree murder in the September 1991 death of 17-month-old Loran James MacDonald.
Stone operated a licensed day care service at her North Highlands home.
According to stories in The Bee, on Sept. 20, 1991, emergency medical technicians were summoned to the residence and found Loran McDonald suffering from head injuries. The child died 20 hours later.
An autopsy determined that he had suffered compound fractures of the skull and massive brain injuries.
Stone said the child fell against an oak coffee table in her living room.
The prosecution argued that Stone killed Loran in the first hour after he was dropped off at her day care facility by his mother.
But the defense raised doubts about the behavior of the child's mother and contended that the youngster must have been hurt prior to his arrival at Stone's home, then died after aggravating his injuries in the fall against the coffee table.
Eight of the 12 jurors voted for acquittal, and the court subsequently cleared Stone of criminal responsibility in the child's death.
– Cathy Locke
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