State v. Wayt

Jones, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Lise C. Wayt, appeals her jury convictions for murder and child endangering in connection with the death of Marina Wayt, appellant’s seven-month-old daughter.

In the early morning hours of May 14, 1991, police responded to appellant’s Hunt Avenue residence in Hamilton following a call from appellant’s neighbor. Upon entering, police found appellant’s house in a state of disarray with garbage, various articles of clothing, dirty diapers and fecal waste strewn about the house. The dead child, dressed in a sleeper covered with fecal and urine stains,…