BENTONVILLE -- A Prairie Grove woman convicted of causing the death of her infant son failed to show for a court hearing on revoking her probation and the court issued an arrest warrant.
Molly Dawn Sullivan, 23, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was placed on eight years state supervised probation in 2017. She admitted to recklessly causing her son's death in 2016.
She was arrested last month in connection with revoking her probation. Circuit Judge Brad Karren ordered an arrest warrant be issued for Sullivan when she failed to show for Monday's hearing.
Benton County Sheriff's Office detectives Brandon Dill and Joe Adams investigated the death at 23632 Coon Hollow Road in Decatur on Oct. 28, 2016, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Sullivan called 911 at 11:21 a.m. that day to report her son wasn't breathing, according to the affidavit. Sullivan said she fell asleep on the couch, and after she woke she heard her other two children playing. Sullivan said she discovered her son, who was in the playpen, was blue and purple. She called 911 and did CPR after being directed by a dispatcher.
Sullivan told detectives there was a couch pillow in the playpen when she found her son, but the pillow wasn't on top of him. Sullivan said she threw couch pillows in the area near the playpen and might have accidentally thrown one into the playpen, according to the affidavit.
Karren ordered Sullivan at her sentencing hearing to take parenting classes, be evaluated for drugs and alcohol and pay $1,920 in court costs. According to court documents, Sullivan failed to follow the conditions ordered by the judge and other terms of her probation.
The court considered revoking her probation because: she admitted using marijuana; failed to report as directed to the probation office; failed to attend court-ordered parenting classes; failed to complete a mental health assessment as directed by her supervising officer; failed to obtain employment; failed to pay court-ordered fines; and failed to pay probation supervision fees.
NW News on 06/15/2018
