GEORGETOWN, Texas -- The former owner of a Georgetown daycare pleaded no contest in a hearing Monday regarding the death of a five-month-old baby who choked on a glove in 2016 while in her care, according to Williamson County District Attorney Shawn Dick.
The report states that Holly Harrison, 39, who owned the day care All About Kids, is seeking deferred adjudication for the charges. Judge Rick Kennon is expected to decide her punishment after the hearing.
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A previous jury in 2016 said Harrison had too many children in her care, waited too long to call 9-1-1, didn’t remove a glove in baby Brody Havins’ throat in a reasonable amount of time and didn’t perform CPR in a reasonable time or manner.
According to the the Austin American-Statesman, Harrison admitted in court Monday that she deleted calls made from her cell phone prior to calling 9-1-1 because she knew that officials would be conducting an investigation.
According to a medical examiner’s report, Havins had no congenital anomalies, had an absence of any injury, but did test positive for Streptococcus pneumoniae. The medical examiner noted there was “no evidence of trauma or foul play” in the infant’s death.
The Tarrant County medical examiner reported the official cause of death as “asphyxia with a history of airway obstruction by a foreign object.”
According to the medical abstract of the death certificate which KVUE obtained, it lists a serious condition contributing to the death as "caregiver neglected responsibility."
In a 2016 DFPS investigation, investigators found a number of infractions at Harrison’s daycare.