BOWEN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS FOR DEATH OF 6-MONTH OLD CHILD

April 15, 2009
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(Anderson, SC). Nineteen year old Danielle Bowen pled guilty today in Anderson General Sessions Court to Homicide by Child Abuse. The Honorable Cordell Maddox sentenced Bowen to 25 years suspended to 20 years and 5 years probation. 

Bowen was arrested January 8, 2008 following the death of her 6 month old daughter, Hailey Marie Wilson. Autopsy results revealed the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the abdomen, resulting in internal injuries and multi-organ failure. After initially denying her actions, the defendant eventually admitted to stomping on the child and then holding her by the throat and striking her on the head when she wouldn’t stop crying. 

“It is difficult to understand how someone could commit such an act against a helpless child, no matter what the circumstances. Danielle Bowen will now have the next twenty years to remember the day her daughter died as a result of her actions and hopefully come to accept responsibility for the senseless loss of a precious child.” Solicitor Chrissy Adams.