The Pike County District Attorney’s Office says a Pike County woman has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison following the 2023 death of her unborn baby.

District Attorney James Tarbox says that Chelsey Redmon-Zellers appeared in court Tuesday and entered a guilty plea to the charge of Manslaughter for the death of her unborn, full term son on March 18, 2023. Following the sentencing hearing, the Defendant was sentenced to 15 years in the Alabama Department of Corrections pursuant to an agreement with the District Attorney’s Office.

According to Tarbox, a fully developed baby was delivered stillborn at Medical Center Enterprise on March 18, 2023, after the Defendant was transferred from Troy Regional Medical Center. It was there that no fetal heartbeat was detected.

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