FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Two Fort Wayne women were sentenced Friday in connection to the death of a 1-year-old child who was in their care.

In 2023, Chrisona Bright and Sharon Myers were responsible for watching the child, Bre’asia Christine Dowdell. According to court documents in the case, the child suffered head trauma, a brain bleed, a collapsed lung and bleeding to at least one eye in the less than 24-hour period she was with the women.

Bright pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent resulting in death, as well as a lower-level felony count of neglect. The judge sentenced her to a total of 27 years in prison: 35 years with 10 years suspended for one count, and two years for the other. She was given more than a year of jail credit for the time she spent behind bars while her case wo

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