Sentenced: St. Louis Woman Who Severely Abused Daughter In 2014 Faces Murder Charge After Child's Death

[Sugar Cookie]

A St. Louis woman serving prison time for severely abusing her daughter in 2014 now faces a murder charge after the child died from her earlier injuries.
Natasha Steward Wysinger, 31, of the 1400 block of Hickory Street, was charged July 8 with second-degree murder in the March 10 death of her 9-year-old daughter Janiyah Bailey.

Charges say that Wysinger severely abused Janiyah in 2014 and that Janiyah died of brain injuries in March of this year stemming from “intentional blunt force trauma” to her head.

Wysinger pleaded guilty in 2016 to abusing her daughter and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

In court documents for that case, prosecutors said Wysinger, whose last name was then Steward, brought 3-year-old Janiyah to a hospital in Litchfield, Illinois, on Nov. 22, 2014, for treatment of multiple injuries.

Wysinger told hospital staff she had been separated from her daughter for two months after being kidnapped by a man and raped over that time, but later admitted lying about that, prosecutors said in court documents. Wysinger acknowledged forcing her daughter to stand in a corner for hours until she would fall and hit her head.
She also admitted yanking the girl’s hair and beating her with a belt.

Wysinger also said she fed Janiyah with a syringe over a four-day period when the child was unconscious, urinating on herself and suffering seizures, court records say. Wysinger said she went to the Litchfield hospital “to try to be slick and get away” from St. Louis authorities.

The abuse left Janiyah with long-term medical care including multiple surgeries, regular physical and occupational therapy, a wheelchair and a neck brace, court documents say.

Janiyah “is alive but doesn’t live,” then-Assistant Circuit Attorney Kristyn Skelly wrote in a 2016 sentencing memorandum. “She can look but doesn’t see. She can hear. This is, and will remain, (Janiyah’s) day-to-day existence for the rest of her life. There is no hope of improving, no hope of regaining the life and potential she once had.”

Wysinger is incarcerated at the Chillicothe Correctional Center.

St. Louis woman who severely abused daughter in 2014 faces murder charge after child's death

Natasha Steward Wysinger was charged with second-degree murder in the March 10 death of her 9-year-old daughter Janiyah Bailey.

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[Mountaineer95]

So how remorseful has this witch been in the last several years? Probably whenever it serves her and never otherwise. She can rot.

 

[Sejanus]

Transitioning to Milli or Vanilli?

 

[Bobbo]

Transitioning to Milli or Vanilli?

Preferably Rob Pilatus, the dead one.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A woman already serving time in prison for severely abusing her daughter was back in St. Louis Circuit Court on Thursday to be sentenced for the toddler’s death.

Natasha S. Wysinger, 34, brought her daughter, Janiyah Bailey, to an Illinois hospital in November 2014. Wysinger later admitted to abusing Bailey.

In February 2016, Wysinger pleaded guilty to felony counts of child abuse and child endangerment and was sentenced to 15 years in state prison.

Bailey died in March 2021 from brain injuries suffered from Wysinger’s abuse. Bailey was 3.


Wysinger appeared in court via video conferencing. The judge accepted her guilty plea and the prosecutors’ recommended sentence. The six-year term will run consecutively to Wysinger’s current sentence.

MSN

 

[Crazy Cat Lady]

She only got an additional six years for killing Janiyah?

 

[Sugar Cookie]

She is serving 15 years - not enough

Offender Name​

Natasha Steward

Sentence Summary​	15 YRS (15, 7, 7 CC)​
Active Offenses​	ABUSE OR NEGLECT OF A CHILD - SER​
Completed Offenses​	ABUSE OR NEGLECT OF A CHILD UNDER; ENDANGERING WELFARE OF A CHILD-1ST​