Mom accused of contaminating son's IV gets 6 years in prison
CINCINNATI (AP) — A West Virginia woman accused of deliberately making her 9-year-old son sick by contaminating his IV at a Cincinnati hospital pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of child endangering and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Candida Fluty had earlier pleaded not guilty in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court to two counts each of felonious assault and child endangering and could have been sentenced to eight years if convicted of all charges.
A prosecutor noted to the judge Wednesday that Fluty once told investigators she inserted the fecal matter hoping to get doctors to change their treatment approach.