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Mother of baby who lost fingers to ferret sent to jail for 30 days

Carrie Waldo, whose 4-month-old boy lost most of his fingers to the ferret, last month pleaded guilty to second-degree child endangerment

By Brian Burnes
The Kansas City Star

Kansas — A former Grain Valley woman who left an infant unattended with the family ferret in 2011 received a 30-day “shock time” sentence to the Jackson County jail on Friday.

Carrie Waldo, whose 4-month-old boy lost most of his fingers to the ferret, last month pleaded guilty to second-degree child endangerment. At the time, she was ordered to complete a 30-day inpatient drug program.

Upon completion of that program, Jackson County Circuit Judge Michael Manners would have suspended a one-year jail sentence and ordered the beginning of a two-year probation period.

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