A Kindersley, Sask., woman who was charged with the second-degree murder of her infant daughter last year has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Teenie Rose Steer appeared by video stream while in custody at Saskatchewan Hospital and didn’t say much during the proceeding.
Justice Gerry Allbright asked her if she was okay and whether she had been exposed to COVID-19 at the start of the hearing.
Steer said she was fine and has been healthy.
She was charged with second-degree murder in February 2020 after an incident on Sept. 27, 2018, where Kindersley RCMP responded to a four-week-old in cardiac arrest.
Despite doctors and paramedics best efforts, the baby died in hospital later the same day.
An autopsy made investigators believe the death was suspicious.
She will be back in Court of Queen’s Bench later this week, but a sentencing hearing hasn’t been scheduled.
Kindersley is roughly 200 km southwest of Saskatoon.