Jefferson County, TN (WOKI) Two people have pled guilty in the 2023 death of a Jefferson County 2-month-old.
According to court records, Chelsea Marsh and Nicholas Lay both pled guilty to aggravated child neglect and abuse and drug charges in connection to the death of a 2-month-old boy in October of last year.
The pair were charged after firefighters responded to a home on Lowery Loop Road in New Market to find a baby not breathing. Despite resuscitative efforts from firefighters and EMS, the infant boy was pronounced dead at Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
Marsh and Lay were each sentenced to two years in prison, which can be suspended to supervised probation after serving six months behind bars.
