Court affirms convictions of Portales daycare owners after 2017 hot car death 22-month-old Maliyah Jones (Source: KCBD) By KCBD Staff | April 19, 2021 at 5:47 PM CDT - Updated April 19 at 5:47 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The New Mexico Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of two former Portales daycare workers in the death of 22-month-old Maliyah Jones after being left in a hot car in 2017.
Sandi Taylor, 31, and Mary Taylor, 62, were convicted in February 2019 of one count of child abuse resulting in death and one count of child abuse resulting in great bodily harm, following a lengthy trial. Mary Taylor (source: Roosevelt County Detention Center) (Source: Roosevelt County Detention Center)