Woman Who Killed 3-Year-Old Daughter and Left Her on Ballfield Is Sentenced to 30 Years

Woman Who Killed 3-Year-Old Daughter and Left Her on Ballfield Is Sentenced to 30 Years
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DOVER, Del.—A Delaware woman who pleaded guilty to killing her 3-year-old daughter and leaving her burned remains on a softball field was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison.

Kristie Haas, 31, pleaded guilty earlier this year to murder by abuse or neglect and abuse of a corpse in the death of Emma Grace Cole, who prosecutors say endured a life of starvation and torture.