A nonverbal 3-year-old girl died after being scalded with hot water and slammed into the side of a tub after throwing up on herself — and now the babysitter who did it to her has been sentenced to prison.

On May 29, Iesha Harris, 31, of Southfield, Mich., was sentenced to 28 to 50 years in prison for the beating death of Harmoni Henderson, The Oakland Press reports.

Harris was a friend of the child’s mother and was babysitting Harmoni at a home in Detroit at the time of her death, Prosecutor Kim Worthy said in a news release in March 2024.

Arrested on March 20, 2024, Harris pleaded not guilty to felony murder and first-degree child abuse, which is punishable by up to life in prison.

In a plea agreement with prosecutors, Harris promised to plead guilty to second-degree murder in e

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