WELL, A MOTHER CONVICTED OF THE OVERDOSE DEATH OF HER TODDLER WILL SPEND DECADES IN JAIL. THIS AFTER A CLINTON COUNTY JUDGE DETERMINED HER SENTENCE EARLIER TODAY IN WLWT NEWS 5. ANCHOR MIKE DARDIS JOINING US HERE IN THE STUDIO WITH MORE ON WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT. HI THERE, SHERRY. AND ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT A TWO YEAR OLD HERE WHO WAS THE VICTIM IN ALL OF THIS. LAUREN BAKER WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER AND DRUG CHARGES AFTER HER TODDLER OVERDOSED ON FENTANYL BACK IN 2021. THAT’S WHEN LUDLOW, KENTUCKY, POLICE FOUND HER TWO YEAR OLD SON UNRESPONSIVE. THEY BELIEVE THE CHILD FOUND THE DRUGS IN BAKER’S PURSE. THE CHILD’S FATHER FOUND BAKER ASLEEP WHEN HE CAME HOME FROM WORK. THE TODDLER PASSED OUT IN HER LAP. SHE WAS CONVICTED IN APRIL. THE JURY RECOMMENDING A 33 YEAR SENTENCE AT THE TIME. IN COURT TODAY, BAKER’S ATTORNEYS ASKING FOR SOMETHING SHORTER, SAYING THAT BAKER LOVED THEIR CHILD VERY MUCH AND HERSELF WAS BATTLING ADDICTION OR ATTORNEY ARGUING SHE NEVER WANTED IT TO HAPPEN. AND THERE ARE OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE CASE WHO WERE NOT CHARGED, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE COMPLICIT. BUT PROSECUTORS ASKING FOR NOTHING LESS THAN WHAT THE JURY HAS ALREADY RECOMMENDED. WE’LL LEAVE WITH ANYTHING THE JURY’S RECOMMENDATION. IN ADDITION TO BEING THOUGHTFUL, WHAT’S MERCIFUL? BECAUSE I VERY MUCH ANTICIPATED THE JURY IMPOSING A LIFE SENTENCE. OBVIOUSLY, THEY DID NOT RECOMMEND THAT. THEY PUT A LOT OF ATTENTION INTO THIS CASE, A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS CASE. AND I THINK ANY DEVIATION FROM THEIR RECOMMENDED SENTENCE WOULD UNDULY DEPRECIATE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE DEFENSE CONDUCT, WHICH SHE’S DONE. KENT COUNTY JUDGE KATE MALLOY AGREED, SAYING, ALTHOUGH THIS IS A TRAGIC CASE, IT’S ONE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY NOT BRINGING DRUGS INTO THE HOME IN THE FIRST PLACE. BAKER WILL NOW SPEND 33 YEARS BEHIND BARS, PER THE JURY’S RECOMMENDATION.