Mom's Boyfriend Repeatedly Struck 2YO Aurora Wiles in The Abdomen

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36-year-old Thomas Rose II and 24-year-old Sarah Waterman have been arrested in connection with the death of her two-year-old girl in Watertown.

According to police, Waterman and her two-year-old daughter, Aurora Wiles, were living with Rose in his apartment.

On the morning of December 6, 2024, police were called to the apartment for a report of an unresponsive toddler.

In addition to second-degree murder, Rose is also charged with:

• first and second-degree manslaughter
• first-degree assault
• endangering the welfare of a child

Waterman was charged with criminally negligent homicide and endangering the welfare of a child.

2 charged in toddler’s death in Watertown

Two people have been arrested in connection with the death of a two-year-old girl in Watertown.

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Rose was given ten years of probation for having sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl in 2010 when he was twenty years old.

City resident sentenced to 10 years' probation

A Watertown man was sentenced Friday in Jefferson County Court to 10 years' probation for having sexual contact with an underage female.

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The man who pleaded guilty in connection with the beating death of a toddler will spend 15 years in state prison.

Thomas Rose II, 36, received that sentence in Jefferson County Court Monday morning.

Rose pleaded guilty to manslaughter in February in connection with the beating death of 2-year-old Aurora Wiles, who died in December of 2024.

According to the indictment, Rose allegedly caused the child’s death by repeatedly striking her in the abdomen, causing tearing and internal bleeding.

In addition to the 15-year sentence, Rose will receive 5 years of post-release supervision.

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Sarah Waterman was placed on one-year interim probation and will be sentenced on Oct. 6th 2026.