Babysitter on Trial for Infant Deaths

(Phoenix, Arizona) A 39-year-old former babysitter, Amy Lynn Scott, is on trial for the first-degree murder of three infants nearly 20 years ago.

Scott was babysitting Shauna Cunnington, 2 months, Zachary Mann, 8 months, and 4-month-old Jordan Whitmer at different times during 1989 and they all died. Officials blamed Sudden Infant Death Syndrome at the time.

Authorities have revisited the cases and now believe the babies were murdered.


[Update 03/08/07]

Amy Lynn Scott was convicted yesterday by a jury on three counts of first-degree murder. Sentencing by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Brian Ishikawa is scheduled for May 4.


[Update 05/05/07]

Scott sentenced.