BLANCO COUNTY, Texas - A woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the death of her infant last month.
According to the Texas Attorney General's Office, 27-year-old Danielle Ivy Dechert pleaded guilty on August 30 to injury to a child - recklessly causing death/ serious bodily injury.
In court documents, Dechert, the mother of a 5-month-old, was intoxicated by an illegal substance while "co-sleeping" with her child. She later smothered the child to death.
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Court documents also said Dechert didn't provide any medical treatment or emergency aid for over eight hours.
Dechert was sentenced to 40 years in prison. The sentence was enhanced with a prior conviction for evading in a motor vehicle and endangering a child in an unrelated incident in 2014.