Woman Pleads Guilty In Toddler’s Death

{Elizabethtown, Kentucky}…Twenty-eight year old Ashley N. Chapman entered a guilty plea in Hardin Circuit Court Wednesday to a murder charge in the death of 2 year old Layla Johnson. Chapman admitted she had taken drugs, including Xanax, while the girl was in her care on January 25th. Chapman said, although she can't remember all the events that transpired, she did recall the girl fell and landed on her head on the hardwood floor. Chapman said she didn't seek medical treatment for the child, who died days later from a head injury. Prosecutor Eric Carr says the victim's family agreed to the plea deal, and he is recommending a 35 year sentence.