Whisper Rayne Hawkbear was sentenced on Monday, June 23, 2025, for deliberate homicide after admitting that she killed her two-month old son in Great Falls.
In March 2025, Hawkbear pleaded guilty to the homicide charge. A charge of assault on a minor regarding her daughter was dismissed in exchange for her guilty plea on the homicide charge.
Hawkbear was sentenced to 100 years in prison; the judge ordered no time suspended from her sentence.
The incident occurred in April 2023 when Hawkbear initially called police in a panic but then canceled her call for help.
When officers arrived at her home, Hawkbear handed her baby to an officer. The officer noted blood on the infant's face and immediately performed CPR, but the child was declared dead at the hospital about an hour later.
According to court documents, Hawkbear told police she threw the infant against the wall and stomped on his head.
Officers also found a two year old child in the bathroom with blood on her face; the toddler was crying, and her nose was nearly severed. Hawkbear admitted to slamming the toddler into a mirror several times,
Court documents state that she told police she attacked the children because they wouldn't stop crying and she was unable to sleep.
Great Falls mom sentenced for killing baby
Whisper Rayne Hawkbear was sentenced on Monday, June 23, 2025, for deliberate homicide after admitting that she killed her two-month old baby in Great Falls.
The defense attorney’s argued that Hawkbear had been abused throughout her life, her parents had been incarcerated, she was exposed to drugs at a young age and had been in and out of foster care, group homes and institutions for most of her life.
At the time of the incident that left two-month-old Ezekiel Contreras dead and her 16-month-old daughter severely injured, Hawkbear was 20.
During the June 24 sentencing hearing, Hawkbear, now 22, said, “I have to live with this every day. I do realize I can’t take back what happened. I do want to change and continue my treatment goals.”
She said that the Contreras family deserves justice and “I will take responsibility for my actions.”
Hawkbear sentenced too 100 years for death of two-month-old son - The Electric
Whisper Hawkbear was sentenced to 100 years in the Montana Women's Prison, with no time suspended, on June 23 for the death of her two-month-old son. Hawkbear won't be eligible for parole for the first 30 years of her sentence. She was credited for the 795 days she's already served in the county...
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