Law & Crime
A North Carolina mother will spend several years behind bars after she left her young daughters to die in a hot car, letting the toddlers roast inside the vehicle for more than six hours while she went to an internet casino and gambled.
Wake County Superior Court Judge Rebecca W. Holt on Thursday ordered Launice Shanique Battle to serve a sentence of 94 months (just under eight years) to 125 months (about 10 1/2 years) in a state correctional facility for the 2022 hot car deaths of 3-year-old Amora Milbourne and 2-year-old Trinity Milbourne, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show.
The sentence came after Battle reached a deal with prosecutors in which she agreed to plead guilty to one count of second-degree murder in connection with the children’s deaths. She had initially been charged with two counts of felony murder and was facing a maximum sentence of more than 80 years in prison.
Gambling mom left 2 toddlers to roast in hot car for 6 hours while she went to casino
