Inset: Taylor Flint (Mason County Prosecuting Attorney). Background: The Point Pleasant, W.Va., neighborhood where Taylor Flint was watching a newborn baby (Google Maps).
A West Virginia woman who was responsible for watching a newborn baby who later died has been sentenced to prison.
Taylor Flint, 25, pleaded guilty in July to child neglect resulting in death after an 11-day-old baby boy died in her care in October 2025. Flint was watching the baby while his mother was in the hospital, where she was recovering from giving birth to him. On Oct. 25, 2025, Flint brought her own 3-year-old daughter with her to watch the newborn, even though she knew her daughter had a history of aggressive behavior.
That morning, Flint found the baby unresponsive in his bassinet.
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The baby was brought to the hospital, where medical staff determined that he was suffering from “multiple traumatic injuries” and in “critical medical distress.”
Medical staff said the baby had several injuries to his face, head, and hands, and an examination revealed a fractured skull and “severe intra-cranial injuries.” The baby went into cardiac arrest and resuscitative efforts were attempted. At 4:49 a.m., the baby was pronounced dead.
Flint told police that she got up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night and went to check on the newborn. When she found the baby unresponsive in the bedroom, her daughter was in the same room, “hiding in a corner.” She told police that her daughter must have beaten the baby several times with a jar of petroleum jelly.
According to the complaint, Flint told police that she had seen her daughter hit, scratch, and bite the baby as a way to get attention for herself. She said she “has to be cautious” when her daughter is around the baby because of her anger and “undiagnosed neurological disorders.” Police did not say whether Flint’s daughter had been diagnosed with any kind of neurological disorder.
The Mason County prosecuting attorney said Flint changed her plea to guilty on July 14. On Monday, she was sentenced to three to 15 years in prison, which is to be followed by 20 years of probation. Flint was also ordered to be placed on a child abuse and neglect registry.
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