People v. Santiago
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*705On the morning of October 24, 2007, the defendant, Cheryl Santiago, found her 21-month-old stepdaughter dead on her sleeping cot. The defendant subsequently told the New York State Police that, on the previous night, as she was putting the infant victim to bed, she had covered her mouth and nose for 30 seconds to a minute because the infant would not go to sleep.
At trial, doctors testified, inter alia, that it would have taken four to six minutes for the infant victim to suffocate, that an autopsy did not reveal any evidence specific to asphyxiation by smothering, and that, were it not for…
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