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08-11-2004, 05:10 PM
Day care owner pleads guilty in child's death
Wednesday, August 11, 2004 Posted: 3:27 PM EDT (1927 GMT)
BILLINGS, Montana (AP) -- A day care owner who gave a 1-year-old boy an overdose of allergy medicine pleaded guilty to negligent homicide.
Prosecutors said Sabine Bieber gave Benadryl to children at the Tiny Tots Day Care to put them to sleep. The medicine killed Dane Jordan Heggem in January 2003, and Bieber also pleaded guilty to criminal endangerment for giving three other children the medicine.
Prosecutors said they would recommend that Bieber receive a 20-year sentence with 15 suspended for negligent homicide and a 10-year sentence with five suspended for criminal endangerment, with the sentences running concurrently.
In exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors dismissed three felony charges -- two counts of criminal endangerment and one count of tampering with evidence.
Bieber is scheduled to be sentenced October 29 and remains free on bond until then.
Dane's father, Travis Heggem, said it was comforting to hear Bieber admit guilt for his son's death, but the family would like a guarantee that she will face jail time.
Wednesday, August 11, 2004 Posted: 3:27 PM EDT (1927 GMT)
BILLINGS, Montana (AP) -- A day care owner who gave a 1-year-old boy an overdose of allergy medicine pleaded guilty to negligent homicide.
Prosecutors said Sabine Bieber gave Benadryl to children at the Tiny Tots Day Care to put them to sleep. The medicine killed Dane Jordan Heggem in January 2003, and Bieber also pleaded guilty to criminal endangerment for giving three other children the medicine.
Prosecutors said they would recommend that Bieber receive a 20-year sentence with 15 suspended for negligent homicide and a 10-year sentence with five suspended for criminal endangerment, with the sentences running concurrently.
In exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors dismissed three felony charges -- two counts of criminal endangerment and one count of tampering with evidence.
Bieber is scheduled to be sentenced October 29 and remains free on bond until then.
Dane's father, Travis Heggem, said it was comforting to hear Bieber admit guilt for his son's death, but the family would like a guarantee that she will face jail time.