Mother pleads guilty in New Mexico child killing
Key Points:
- Madeline Veronique Daly pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for shooting and killing her 11-month-old child in southwest New Mexico.
- Daly had taken her son from Wyoming, violating a court order that granted the child's father emergency custody.
- Deputies found Daly and the child in an RV in rural Grant County, where a gunshot was heard before they entered and discovered the child had been shot.
- Daly faces life in prison, with a sentencing hearing scheduled for a later date.