Baton Rouge mother Whitney Ard rejects 30-year plea in child's fentanyl death, faces life sentence if convicted of second-degree murder.
Baton Rouge mother Whitney Ard, accused of second-degree murder after her 2-year-old son died of fentanyl poisoning, rejected a plea bargain offering her a 30-year sentence in exchange for pleading guilty to manslaughter. Ard faces a mandatory life sentence if convicted of second-degree murder. The mother opted not to accept the plea deal, which would have allowed her to serve a reduced sentence.
April 15, 2024
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