For killing her crippled 13-year-old daughter, shutting off her oxygen monitor, and letting her pass away while blacked out from alcohol, a 39-year-old Minnesota woman will spend more than ten years behind bars.
Judge Heidi E. Schultz of Stearns County District Court sentenced Elise C. Nelson to 22 years (261 months) in a state prison on Monday for the 2020 murder of toddler Kylie Larson, according to court documents. In addition, she must make reparations totaling more than $12,000.
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Last year, Nelson entered a guilty plea to one count of second-degree murder related to the death of her daughter.
Nelson is expected to spend two-thirds of his 14 1/2-year sentence in jail and one-third on supervised release in accordance with Minnesota state law. Eight days of time served were credited to her.
A probable cause affidavit states that Nelson was at home alone herself with the victim from June 18 to June 21 while her other child stayed with a family friend and Nelson’s husband, the victim’s stepfather, went fishing.
Authorities report that Larson’s pulse and oxygen levels stabilized for two days before declining.
Police claim that although an alarm went off, the oxygen-monitoring device’s history showed that the alarm had been turned off multiple times and that the alarm’s settings had been altered by hand so that the victim’s oxygen levels could continue to fall without raising an alert. Nelson repeatedly shut down the equipment as well.
On the morning of June 21, 2020, the family friend who was minding Nelson’s second child made multiple attempts to get in touch with her, according to the police. She went to Nelson’s house when she was unable to get through, but the door was closed and the shades were drawn.
About an hour later, at 12:49 p.m., Nelson texted the family friend to let her know she had just done an hour of CPR and was waiting for the police. Then, at 1:07 p.m., Nelson and his friend talked on the phone for almost 17 minutes.
At 1:09 p.m., Nelson made his initial 911 call, the document states.
A 911 call concerning an unconscious infant at Nelson’s residence in the 1600 block of West Mill Street in Paynesville, which is roughly 85 miles northwest of Minneapolis, was received by police and emergency medical officials at 1:13 p.m. on June 21, 2020.
When first responders arrived, they found Larson on the floor of the living room and said she was cold to the touch. The infant had died some hours prior, according to the medical staff, as evidenced by the blood accumulating on her back and the backs of her legs. After being transported to a nearby hospital, she was declared deceased.
The timeframe and unambiguous proof contradicted Nelson’s first reasons for her daughter’s fate.
In response to a question about what transpired, Nelson said that she heard [the victim’s] alarm go off, checked the machine, and noticed that [the victim’s] oxygen level had fallen to 86%. At that point, Nelson started CPR when [the victim] flatlined. Before calling 911, Nelson said she performed CPR for an hour.
Police were not contacted until over six hours after the victim’s smartphone flatlined at 6:43 a.m. on June 21, according to data from the device. Additionally, her phone indicated that she was actively using it when she claimed to be doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Additionally, officers noted that Nelson’s look did not match someone who exerted herself for 60 minutes while administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Nelson subsequently acknowledged that she was despondent and purchased a 1.75-liter bottle of vodka, which she drank until she blacked out and lost long-term memory of the incident.
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