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25-03-2025
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Wealthy coastal enclave nanny charged with manslaughter in toddler's death
A nanny in Martha's Vineyard has been charged with manslaughter after allegedly leaving two young children who were under her care inside her SUV for several hours, resulting in the death of one of the children. Aimee Cotton, 41, was arrested on March 13 by authorities on charges of assault and battery on a child with injury and reckless endangerment, according to an arrest report from the Massachusetts State Police. She was later charged with manslaughter when one of the children, a 3-year-old, died on March 19. The child has not been named. "A Child Called 'It'" Author Says Connecticut House Of Horrors Case Is 'Attempted Murder' Cotton called the police in the early afternoon on March 13, reporting that "a child whom she was babysitting was not breathing and turning blue." The Oaks Bluff Police Department first responded to the call, and alerted the state police, who arrived shortly thereafter. The victim was initially taken to the Martha's Vineyard Hospital Emergency Room, and later transported by Boston Medflight helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital in critical condition. Read On The Fox News App The victim died six days later. The arrest report indicates that Cotton first told responding officers that she and the children had had a relatively normal morning during which she attempted to take them for a walk, but scrapped the idea and took the children home when one of them would not cooperate. She said that she took the children back to her home, where they played with toys and ate lunch, and explained that shortly after noon, she began loading her vehicle with hockey equipment and changed the children's diapers in the process, before putting them in the vehicle. Utah Mommy Blogger Ruby Franke's Power, Public Image Allowed Child Abuse To Go 'Unchecked': Expert Cotton, who was described as "cooperative," told police the children were in the car alone for no more than 15 minutes, and that she called the police around 1:15 p.m. because one of the children looked "sick and ill." Shortly thereafter, police obtained a Nest home camera with Cotton's permission, which contained surveillance footage from outside the house. That footage told a completely different story. Police said that around 9:15 a.m., Cotton could be seen entering the driveway in her 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe. She allegedly spent 10 minutes unloading items from the car and bringing them inside, but neither of the children were removed from the car. Tennessee Pair Charged With Child Abuse For Locking Autistic Child In Storage Bin At Unsanitary Home Police said a period of nearly three hours passed without any activity on the Nest footage, before she began loading the SUV with the hockey equipment around noon. Over the course of the next hour, she loaded the vehicle and briefly brought the younger child, who survived, inside the house for about 10 minutes before returning that child to the car. That is when she called 911 to report the unresponsive victim. The next morning, state troopers brought Cotton in for questioning, where she capitulated and told officers that she left the children in the car for about three hours while she cooked herself food, attended to her personal hygiene, packed her son's hockey equipment and completed other chores. The arrest report noted that Cotton showed remorse, but also made excuses for her behavior. She was initially arrested on March 14 for assault and battery on a child with injury and reckless endangerment. She was booked into the Dukes County Jail and arraigned later that day. On March 20, the day after the child died, she was arraigned in Edgartown District Court on the charge of manslaughter. Cotton pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter charge and posted $21,000 bail. She was released with a GPS ankle monitor. She was also given a mandatory 6 p.m. curfew. Cotton faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Her next court date is scheduled for April 3. Harrison Barrow III, Cotton's attorney, declined to article source: Wealthy coastal enclave nanny charged with manslaughter in toddler's death
Fox News
25-03-2025
- Fox News
Wealthy coastal enclave nanny charged with manslaughter in toddler's death
A nanny in Martha's Vineyard has been charged with manslaughter after allegedly leaving two young children who were under her care inside her SUV for several hours, resulting in the death of one of the children. Aimee Cotton, 41, was arrested on March 13 by authorities on charges of assault and battery on a child with injury and reckless endangerment, according to an arrest report from the Massachusetts State Police. She was later charged with manslaughter when one of the children, a 3-year-old, died on March 19. The child has not been named. Cotton called the police in the early afternoon on March 13, reporting that "a child whom she was babysitting was not breathing and turning blue." The Oaks Bluff Police Department first responded to the call, and alerted the state police, who arrived shortly thereafter. The victim was initially taken to the Martha's Vineyard Hospital Emergency Room, and later transported by Boston Medflight helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital in critical condition. The victim died six days later. The arrest report indicates that Cotton first told responding officers that she and the children had had a relatively normal morning during which she attempted to take them for a walk, but scrapped the idea and took the children home when one of them would not cooperate. She said that she took the children back to her home, where they played with toys and ate lunch, and explained that shortly after noon, she began loading her vehicle with hockey equipment and changed the children's diapers in the process, before putting them in the vehicle. Cotton, who was described as "cooperative," told police the children were in the car alone for no more than 15 minutes, and that she called the police around 1:15 p.m. because one of the children looked "sick and ill." Shortly thereafter, police obtained a Nest home camera with Cotton's permission, which contained surveillance footage from outside the house. That footage told a completely different story. Police said that around 9:15 a.m., Cotton could be seen entering the driveway in her 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe. She allegedly spent 10 minutes unloading items from the car and bringing them inside, but neither of the children were removed from the car. Police said a period of nearly three hours passed without any activity on the Nest footage, before she began loading the SUV with the hockey equipment around noon. Over the course of the next hour, she loaded the vehicle and briefly brought the younger child, who survived, inside the house for about 10 minutes before returning that child to the car. That is when she called 911 to report the unresponsive victim. The next morning, state troopers brought Cotton in for questioning, where she capitulated and told officers that she left the children in the car for about three hours while she cooked herself food, attended to her personal hygiene, packed her son's hockey equipment and completed other chores. The arrest report noted that Cotton showed remorse, but also made excuses for her behavior. She was initially arrested on March 14 for assault and battery on a child with injury and reckless endangerment. She was booked into the Dukes County Jail and arraigned later that day. On March 20, the day after the child died, she was arraigned in Edgartown District Court on the charge of manslaughter. Cotton pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter charge and posted $21,000 bail. She was released with a GPS ankle monitor. She was also given a mandatory 6 p.m. curfew. Cotton faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Her next court date is scheduled for April 3. Harrison Barrow III, Cotton's attorney, declined to comment.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Yahoo
Mass. babysitter charged with manslaughter after child dies in car
MARTHA'S VINEYARD, Mass. (WWLP)– A Martha's Vineyard woman has been charged in the death of a two-year-old boy. According to the Cape & Islands District Attorney's office, Aimee Cotton, 41, of Martha's Vineyard has been charged with manslaughter when a child in her care died after being left unattended in her car. Hampden DA's Office teaches Springfield students about substance use prevention Investigators said that shortly after 1:00 p.m. on March 13, Cotton called 911 and said that a child she was babysitting was not breathing and turning blue. First responders found Cotton performing CPR on the child and took over lifesaving efforts. The child was taken to Martha's Vineyard Hospital and then flown to Massachusetts General Hospital in critical condition. The child died on March 19 as a result of his injuries. The arraignment report stated that Cotton claimed that while babysitting the boy and a one-year-old girl, she left the children in the car for what she estimated was fifteen minutes and returned to find him unresponsive. Surveillance footage from Cotton's home revealed that she reportedly left the children in the car for approximately three hours. Cotton allegedly then told law enforcement that the children were strapped into the car seats while she was in her home cooking bacon and doing household chores. A prosecutor in the case stated that the boy suffered from hypothermia and upon his arrival to the hospital, his body temperature was 14 degrees lower than normal. On March 14, Cotton was arraigned in the Edgartown District Court on the charges of Assault and Battery on a Child w/ Injury and Reckless Endangerment of Child. Cotton was held on $2,800 bail with conditions of release. After the child died, the charges were upgraded to manslaughter, whereupon Cotton was held on $21,000 bail with GPS. She is due back in the Edgartown District Court on April 3 for a Probable Cause hearing. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
