A woman whose newborn son was found dead in the family's garage is going to prison for 9 years.

State Police were called to the Fairfield home of Kayla Stewart and her then-boyfriend Nicholas Blood nearly a year ago to the report of a deceased baby. Troopers found a full-term male newborn in the garage of the mobile home on Route 139. Stewart and Blood lived their with their then-three-year-old daughter. The couple was cooperative with the investigation that led to a murder charge against Stewart.

On Wednesday, the 21-year-old pleaded guilty to manslaughter, as part of a plea agreement. She cried as she apologized and her parents and best friend pleaded for leniency. Then a judge imposed a sentence of nine years in prison.

A medical examiner says the child was full-term and alive when it was born, but died from asphyxiation or neglect. Stewart's attorney said she thought the baby was stillborn.

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