NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. (AP) — A Jamestown woman is sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection with the death of a baby and injury of another boy that authorities tied to her unlicensed home child care center.

Patricia Wick pleaded guilty in January to felony charges of murder and child abuse and a misdemeanor of operating an unlicensed day care center in Carrington.

Prosecutors alleged Wick caused head and neck injuries to the 5-month-old boy, who died September 28, 2022.
An autopsy found the infant died from “complications of blunt force head and neck trauma,” with his death determined a homicide.

Wick told authorities she was not gentle with him and was frustrated with him that day. Authorities also allege in court documents that the other child broke his arm while in Wick’s care after falling off a swing in her backyard.