Bucksport woman Savannah Smith pleads guilty to manslaughter for death of 2-year-old girl, sentenced to 10 years

Savannah Smith, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter in Kloe Hawksley’s death. Smith was sentenced to 20 years in prison, all but 10 years suspended.

Savannah Smith (‘a-rain-filled-Tabitha’) during her April 2019 court appearance.

Author: Gabrielle Mannino (NEWS CENTER Maine)

ELLSWORTH, Maine — A Bucksport woman who was charged with murder in connection to the October 2017 death of 2-year-old Kloe Hawksley plead guilty to manslaughter Thursday, Maine Attorney General’s Office spokesman Marc Malon says.

Savannah Smith, 22, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, all but 10 years suspended with four years of probation.

Smith was originally charged with murder and was arrested in April 2019.

Kloe was found dead inside of a home at 264 Central Street in Bucksport on October 18, 2017 after a 9-1-1 call regarding an unresponsive child. Smith was the partner of Kloe’s father, Tyler Hawksley.

The cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma of the torso with multiple organ lacerations, Maine Assistant Attorney General Leanne Robbin said.

The state medical examiner’s office said Kloe died four to six hours before first responders found her. She was reportedly injured four to ten hours before her death.

According to The Ellsworth American newspaper, Robbin argued Kloe was the victim of “repeated physical abuse.”

 

RELATED: Court documents reveal cause of death for 2-year-old Bucksport girl

 

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