A Batavia mother who tried to kill her baby was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison yesterday in Erie County.
Marcia Mitchell tried to smother her baby while they were at an Erie County hospital following a house fire in 2008.
The Buffalo News reports:
“I realize I made a horrible mistake. I miss my children exponentially,” Mitchell told the judge.
Mitchell, 29, said that at the time of her crime, she was “under extreme stress,” with both of her daughters hospitalized. She said she got no help from family members after her Batavia flat was destroyed in an April 2008 fire.
Unless experts determine otherwise, Mitchell will not be able to see her baby until 2019.
