Pennsylvania Caretaker Sentenced For 8-Year-Old's Homicide

An Allentown area caretaker will spend up to 16 years in prison for the 2015 death of Angelina Tomas, a Lehigh County court has ruled.

Lehigh County Courthouse, 455 Hamilton St, Allentown
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Mac Bullock

10/19/2023 12:14 p.m.

Delilah Reader, 39, previously pleaded no contest to third-degree murder charges in August, said District Attorney Jim Martin's Office in a release.

In 2007, when Reader was Tomas' "sole caregiver," authorities said she "caused a traumatic brain injury" to the then-10-month-old.

The injury left Tomas with "significant developmental delays, cognitive and learning impairments, physical disabilities, and a seizure disorder," which prosecutors said caused her death at age 8.

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