Mom Who Left Baby in Car Gets Five Years
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A woman whose 4-month-old daughter died after being left in a hot car was sentenced to five years in prison Monday.
Melisa Wildman, 30, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter of a child. She also was sentenced to 15 years probation.
Wildman told police she had consumed Xanax, four or five beers, cocaine and marijuana in a 12-hour period before Savanna died in April 2004.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A sheriff's officer and paramedics had found Wildman unconscious in her car just hours before the baby's death.
Two passers-by roused Wildman and an officer let her drive away, though she had two outstanding warrants against her for failure to appear on two charges of driving with a suspended license.
She later returned to her apartment and passed out again in the car with her baby in the back, police said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}If convicted at trial, Wildman could have faced up to 30 years in prison. Her attorney, Gary Ostrow, did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday night.