Maximum sentence imposed in infant death
In the News
Nicholas Levi Bradshaw, 27, was sentenced Thursday in Nodaway County Circuit court to seven years in state prison on a Class C felony charge of first-degree involuntary manslaughter in the 2014 death of a 10-month-old child.
Bradshaw pleaded guilty to the charge on Nov. 28
Prosecuting Attorney Robert Rice said the sentence, handed down by Presiding Circuit Judge Roger Prokes, was the maximum prison term allowable given the charge.
Bradshaw was arrested in March 2015 following a four-month investigation into the child’s death by Maryville Public Safety.
The offense took place Dec. 5, 2014, in Maryville when a 10-month-old male child was injured while in Bradshaw’s care.
Initially treated at St. Francis Hospital, the infant died two days later at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.
Authorities conducted a review of medical and pathological reports and concluded that the death should be treated as a homicide.
After sentencing, Bradshaw remained in custody at the Nodaway County jail where he was awaiting transport to a state correctional facility.
