Sentenced: Virginia Beach Child Care Provider Convicted For Infant's Death While In Her Custody

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Shayn Csatlos' conviction comes after she was charged with second-degree murder and felony child abuse in 2020, more than a year after the infant's death. Her four-day trial finished this week.

According to the news release, the infant, whose name was N.W., stopped breathing at the child care facility run out of Csatlos' home on Perrel Street on Sept. 17, 2019.

After Csatlos called 911, medics began life-saving efforts and brought the infant to the hospital. He died three days later, having suffered a brain bleed, broken fingers, bruising, a black eye and retinal hemorrhages.

During the trial, prosecutors argued that Csatlos began caring for the infant in August 2019. At the time, the boy was "a happy, healthy baby," the Virginia Beach Commonwealth's Attorney's Office said.


However, under Csatlos' care, he became fussier and had to be picked up on two separate occasions due to vomiting and fussiness. He went to the hospital both times.

After the boy's death, Csatlos gave different accounts of what happened but couldn't explain why N.W. became unconscious in her care. According to the Virginia Beach Commonwealth's Attorney's Office, the stories she told investigators changed and weren't consistent.


During the trial, prosecutors provided testimony from several CHKD physicians involved in the boy's treatment, as well as child abuse pediatricians, the medical examiner and a neuropathologist. They all diagnosed N.W. as having suffered abusive head trauma.

Former Virginia Beach child care provider convicted for infant's death while in her custody

Prosecutors said the baby suffered multiple brain bleeds that caused his death while staying at the daycare.

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Former Virginia Beach child care provider convicted for infant's death while in her custody

Prosecutors said the baby suffered multiple brain bleeds that caused his death while staying at the daycare.

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May 30, 2024

Colin D. Stolle, Commonwealth’s Attorney for the city of Virginia Beach, announced that Shyan J. Csatlos, age 43, was sentenced for charges of Second-Degree Felony Murder and Child Abuse/Neglect. She was found guilty of these charges by a jury on November 2, 2023, after a four-day trial. Circuit Court Judge Afshin Farashahi, who presided over the trial, sentenced Csatlos to fifty (50) years with 22 years suspended, leaving 28 years to serve. This exceeded the Virginia State Sentencing Guidelines, which recommended a sentence no greater than 22 years and 8 months.

The Commonwealth’s evidence proved that on August 15, 2019, Shyan Csatlos began providing daycare in her home for 3-month-old N.W. Prior to beginning daycare at Csatlos’ home, N.W. was a happy, healthy baby. While under the care of Csatlos, N.W. became fussier and on two separate occasions, had to be picked up by his parents due to vomiting and extreme fussiness. He went to the hospital on both occasions.

On the weekend leading up to September 17, 2019, N.W. was happy and healthy spending time with his parents and older siblings. On September 17, his mother dropped him off at Csatlos’ house, happy and healthy. Video footage from Csatlos’ home shows N.W. taking a bottle around 8 a.m. Just before noon, Csatlos called 911 to report that N.W. was unresponsive. Rescue arrived and were able to resuscitate him, despite him having a body temperature of 90.4 degrees Fahrenheit and being purple and blue. He was eventually transported to the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, where he remained unresponsive until his death on September 21, 2019. N.W. suffered a brain bleed, broken fingers, bruising, a black eye, and retinal hemorrhages.

Csatlos gave various accounts of what happened but could never provide an explanation for why N.W. became unconscious in her care. Her stories to different investigators changed and were inconsistent. Of note, she gave varying accounts of how long he had been unattended and possibly unresponsive, where he was when she noticed he was unresponsive, and whether he had been recently fed or had his diaper changed.

The Commonwealth provided testimony from several C.H.K.D. physicians involved in his treatment, child abuse pediatricians, the medical examiner, and a neuropathologist. All of these medical professionals diagnosed N.W. as having suffered abusive head trauma.

Commonwealth v. Shyan J. Csatlos; Daycare Provider Sentenced to 28…

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