Mom will spend 9 months in jail for stabbing baby
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A mother was sentenced Tuesday morning for stabbing her 6-week-old daughter numerous times.
The judge suspended an eight-year prison term for Danielle Mailloux, but he ordered her to spend the first nine months of her five-year probation in Kern County jail. She also received credit for the eight months she’s already spent in jail, which means she’ll earn her freedom in about a month. 
Mailloux accepted a plea deal by admitting guilt for child abuse with an enhancement for great-bodily injury.
The mother’s attorney says she was suffering from postpartum depression when she attacked her baby last May, but officers found Mailloux was also under the influence of methamphetamine.
The baby’s father found the injured infant and called authorities. The girl was eventually taken to Children’s Hospital Central California in Madera.
Eyewitness News obtained reports showing Mailloux was investigated in 2009 when she had a stillborn baby.
Bakersfield police were called at that time because of unusual circumstances surrounding the death, according to the Kern County coroner’s office. Officers questioned both the mother and father, and the autopsy showed the infant died because of drug exposure through the womb.
The stillborn baby had methamphetamine in its system, but the Kern County District Attorney determined the death did not meet the legal definition of murder of a fetus.
Mailloux was never charged with that baby’s death.
By KBAK – KBFX – Eyewitness News – BakersfieldNow.com Published: Jan 17, 2012 at 12:28 PM PST Last Updated: Jan 17, 2012 at 5:26 PM PST
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