Grant County, NM (KKOB) – A Wyoming woman who killed her 11-month old son in Grant County over a custody dispute with her husband back in Wyoming, has been sentenced to life in prison. 36-year old Madeline Daly, who pleaded guilty to shooting her son was sentenced to life in prison Monday for first-degree murder.
She had left Wyoming after the baby’s father was awarded custody following their divorce, and was in Grand County in SW New Mexico, when sheriff’s deputies tried to arrest her in December of last year. She was hiding inside an RV when officers were waiting for a search warrant and heard a gunshot they found the baby had been shot in the face and killed with a 9mm handgun. Daly confessed to shooting him and allegedly remarked to a deputy that she intended to take her own life but was not “fast enough.”
In August she pleaded guilty to the murder charge and will serve at least 30 years of the life sentence before qualifying for parole. She could also face potential federal charges and the possibility of spending the rest of her life in prison.
