Patricia Wick, of Jamestown, was sentenced on Tuesday after she pleaded guilty in January to felony charges of murder and child abuse and a misdemeanour of operating an unlicensed daycare centre in Carrington. Prosecutors told the court that Wick, 48, caused head and neck injuries to the five-month-old boy, who died in September 2022.

A North Dakota woman has been sentenced to 19 years in prison in connection with the death of a baby who attended her unlicensed home child care center. Patricia Wick pleaded guilty in January to murder, child abuse and operating an unlicensed day care center. A judge sentenced her Tuesday.