Babysitter Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter for 2019 Death of a Man She Injured as a Baby in 1984

Babysitter Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter for 2019 Death of a Man She Injured as a Baby in 1984
This undated booking photo released by the Fort Bend County Jail shows Terry McKirchy. Fort Bend County Jail via AP
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—A former babysitter pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday for the 2019 death of a man she was accused of disabling as an infant 40 years ago and was sentenced to three years in prison, finally admitting that she hit him numerous times.

Terry McKirchy, 62, accepted a plea deal for the death of Benjamin Dowling, who died at 35 after a life of severe disabilities caused by a brain hemorrhage he suffered in 1984 when he was 5 months old while at McKirchy’s suburban Fort Lauderdale home.