A northern Colorado woman who was playing a game on Facebook while her 13-month-old baby drowned in a bathtub was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison.
Shannon Johnson, 34, of Fort Lupton was also sentenced to five years of mandatory parole following her prison term.
The Greeley Tribune reported that Johnson cried as District Judge Thomas Quammen told her he didn’t think she was a bad person or that she killed her son on purpose. That doesn’t mean what she did wasn’t criminal, he added.
Johnson was charged with child abuse that knowingly or recklessly caused death. She pleaded guilty to negligent child abuse in March.
