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Grandmother Who Kept Alarm on Fridge, Leading to Starvation Death of Her 9-Year-Old Granddaughter, Sentenced to Probation

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Henrietta Stone , 67 , was sentenced to 10 years of probation in the starvation death of her granddaughter, 9-year-old Shaelynn Lehano-Stone .

Henrietta pleaded no contest to manslaughter in a deal with prosecutors, who had asked for her to receive the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Authorities who spoke in court said that all three of Shaelyn 's immediate family members prevented her from having food.