Sentenced: Michelle Stanton Was Drunk When She Fell Asleep With Her Baby In Her Arms

[Sugar Cookie]

A New Jersey mom charged with manslaughter in the death of her 6-month-old son was drunk when she fell asleep with the baby in her arms, causing the infant to suffocate by getting pinned between the mattress and wall, according to charging documents.

Details about what authorities say led to the death of Christian Canty on June 25, 2023 are contained in an affidavit of probable cause outlining manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child charges against Michelle R. Stanton, 29.

Stanton’s father found his grandson unresponsive and wedged between the mattress and wall at the family’s home, the document said. Christian was pronounced dead at an area hospital a short time later.

During an interview with Lower Township police, Stanton admitted she drank 12 to 14 “airplane” — or mini bottles of alcohol in her bedroom while caring for her baby, the court papers said.

Investigators found 99 airplane bottles of various flavored vodka in Stanton’s bedroom, authorities said. Nearly five hours after her son died, Stanton had a blood alcohol content of .148, according to toxicology results.

Infant suffocated after N.J. mom fell asleep drunk while holding him, cops say

The 29-year-old had consumed more at least a dozen 'airplane bottles' of alcohol before falling asleep, according to charging documents

www.nj.com

 

[stevierae]

That poor grandfather...

 

[BBBLUE77]

To have a BAC that high five hours later, she wasn't "drunk", she was schwasted.

Poor Christian didn't get treated very Christian-like.

 

[Angiebla]

Was she breast feeding that drunk?

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Michelle R Stanton

Current Max Release Date:	November 25, 2027
Current Parole Eligibility Date:	November 25, 2027

A 29-year-old New Jersey woman, who allowed her 6-month-old son to suffocate after she fell asleep drunk, has been sentenced to serve four years in prison, officials said.

According to law enforcement officials in Cape May County, New Jersey, Michelle Stanton, 29, has been sentenced to serve four years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the June 2023 death of her 6-month-old son.

Court documents note, on that evening Stanton consumed 12 to 14 "airplane bottles of vodka" before falling asleep with her son in her arms.

She awoke hours later to find the child unresponsive after the boy had fallen between the mattress of her bed and the bedroom wall, court documents note.

Police said an autopsy found the child suffocated after being pinned between the bed and the wall.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/4-years-prison-for-nj-woman-who-allowed-baby-to-suffocate-as-she-slept/4034972/