Overview
- Amber Winstead, 36, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Oct. 31 in the drowning death of her 3-month-old son in a Louisville motel bathtub.
- Sentencing is set for Dec. 11, with prosecutors asking for a seven-year prison term under a deal that dismissed a persistent-felony offender charge.
- Her attorney requested permission for a gravesite visit before she reports to the Department of Corrections, along with house arrest until sentencing.
- Jefferson Circuit Judge Trish Morris said she would take the requests under submission and noted empathy for the defendant.
- Police say the baby, identified as Ki’Arri Rayne Winstead, was found unresponsive at a Motel 6 and pronounced dead at the scene after his mother reported falling asleep in the tub after using drugs.