06/05/2025
💥Timmins, Ontario, Alberta 💥
⚠️Timmins mom let infant starve to death; gets three years⚠️ (2018)
Jessica Sullivan
Jessica allowed her 7-week-old infant son to starve to death has been sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment.
The infant, who was given the name Anthony, weighed a little more than six pounds, five ounces at birth on Sept. 22, 2015 🥹
The biological father, Jeremy Stewart, shared responsibility for the negligence
Judge Tremblay noted from the Crown’s evidence the infant was never brought to a doctor for a check-up.
“Had Baby Anthony been brought to a health-care facility before his death, the death, most likely could have been averted,” said Tremblay. “Unfortunately, Baby Anthony was never seen by a doctor after his discharge from the hospital, despite the fact that Miss Sullivan’s family physician had advised her to set up a follow-up appointment at the time
According to the expert reports filed with the court, the cause of death was failure to thrive as a result of inadequate oral intake of nutrition — in other words, starvation.
Judge Tremblay accepted the joint submission, noting the one mitigating factor in this case was the fact Sullivan pleaded guilty to the charge, accepting responsibility for her actions. He said Sullivan also seemed to be “genuinely remorseful.”
While sentenced to 3 years, Sullivan was given credit for the time she has already served in pre-plea custody so her sentence is actually 32 MONTHS.
At the defence’s request, Judge Tremblay recommended Sullivan serve her sentence at the Grand Valley Institute in Kitchener where it was felt there are some counselling programs offered there which she may benefit from.
She is living in Alberta
