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Caregiver pleads guilty in baby's death
by Anne Koch - Seattle Times Snohomish County bureau
EVERETT - Now that a Monroe woman has pleaded guilty to killing a 16-month-old girl under her care, her attorney will fight for a lower-than-usual prison term, arguing the crime was not intentional.

Robin Johnson told a Snohomish County judge yesterday that she was guilty of homicide by abuse in the June 3 death of Charlotte Wetzel. More

Woman admits to killing toddler
Kiro News
A former day-care operator from Monroe pleaded guilty Tuesday to stomping and kicking a toddler to death. More

Day care operator enters guilty plea
King 5 & MSNBC
EVERETT, Oct. 7 – A former day care operator on Tuesday pleaded guilty to homicide by abuse in the death of a 16-month-old girl in her care.

Former day care operator pleads guilty in girl's death
Robin Johnson, 33, of Monroe, had earlier pleaded innocent in the June 3 death of Charlotte Wetzel. But she changed her plea as part of an agreement that will likely net her about 20 years in prison. She could have faced at least 26 years in prison if convicted in a jury trial set to begin next week in Snohomish County Superior Court. More

Not guilty’ plea in day care death
Charlotte Wetzel was reportedly the only child being cared for at Johnson's home, other than her own three children.
- King 5 News and The Associated Press

EVERETT, June 16 – Day care operator Robin Johnson pleaded innocent Monday to homicide by abuse in the death of a 16-month-old girl in her care. Johnson, 33, was arraigned Monday in Snohomish County Superior Court. If convicted, she faces a possible prison sentence of 20 to 26 years. Trial was set for Oct. 9.

Day-care owner pleads innocent
by Anne Koch
Seattle Times Snohomish County bureau

EVERETT - A woman charged with fatally abusing a Monroe toddler is expected to stand trial in October. Robin Johnson, 32, entered a not-guilty plea yesterday in Snohomish County Superior Court. Johnson, of Monroe, appeared before Judge Joseph Thibodeau by video from the Snohomish County Jail. More

Day-care operator charged in tot's death
by Anne Koch
Seattle Times Snohomish County bureau

EVERETT - Day-care operator Robin Johnson was charged today in Snohomish County Superior Court with homicide by abuse in the death of Charlotte Wetzel. More

Day-care operator arrested in tot's death
by Anne Koch
Seattle Times Snohomish County bureau

MONROE - A young couple whose only child died in an apparent homicide-by-abuse case at a day-care center here has vowed to fight child abuse. More

Deadly abuse of toddler was gradual
by Anne Koch
Seattle Times Snohomish County bureau

EVERETT - The abuse began gradually, prosecutors allege. A slap here, a backhanded hit there. Sometimes the woman would stuff the child's blanket in her mouth to stop her from crying, they say. Eventually, she got in the habit of kicking the toddler in the stomach. More

Arrest expected in death at day-care center
by Chris Solomon
Seattle Times Snohomish County bureau

A 17-month-old girl being looked after at a Monroe day-care center was killed by a blow to her midsection, and police expected to make an arrest as early as today. More

'Perfect' day care wasn't
By REBECCA HOVER Herald Writer

MONROE -- Margot Wetzel was buying her daughter's first birthday cake at a local store Jan. 7 when she noticed the sign advertising home child care. More

Couple hold walk for child-abuse awareness
by Carole Beers
Seattle Times staff reporter

MONROE - The 100 people gathered in a corner of the Fred Meyer parking lot here yesterday strained to hear when soft-spoken Margot Wetzel and her husband Milynn spoke.

The couple had pulled the gathering together, a 30-minute "Awareness Walk" to raise public awareness about child abuse. Their 16-month-old daughter, Charlotte, died 11 days ago. She allegedly was kicked in the abdomen by a day-care provider.

Robin Johnson, 32, of Monroe, was charged Thursday in Snohomish County Superior Court with homicide by abuse. Prosecutors allege Johnson repeatedly abused Charlotte Wetzel before killing her June 3. Since January, Charlotte had attended the day-care center that Johnson operated at her home.

"We need to speak out about this abuse that goes on, and stop it," Milynn Wetzel, Charlotte's father, said yesterday. "Don't believe any excuses (for injuries or unusual behavior in your children). Take your child right away to a doctor or child-abuse specialist." More