LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A southern Indiana woman was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison after running over and killed her 18-month-old granddaughter in 2023.
According to court documents, Lisa Tesch pleaded guilty in August to the charge of failure to remain at the scene of an accident resulting in death.
Police said she fled after security video showed her running over and killing her granddaughter, Eleanor Campbell, on June 16, 2023, in the parking lot of a Motel 6 in Jeffersonville.
She was found and arrested by Louisville Metro Police on July 8, 2023.
On Friday, Tesch was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
In 2021, she pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia charges. In 2019, she was sentenced to jail time for reckless driving and resisting law enforcement.
She pleaded guilty to violating home detention that year.
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