A former Watertown child care provider has been sentenced in death of a toddler.
Attorney General Marty Jackley said Amanda Walder has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for first-degree manslaughter in the 2021 death of a 17-month-old child.
Walder was also ordered to pay $13,164.75 in restitution to the family and $1,339.86 to Codington County.
In July 2021, Walder had been watching the toddler at her at-home daycare.
Watertown police responded to a call of an unconscious child. Investigators say the child died of traumatic brain injury caused by assault.
Walder pleaded guilty to killing the child in a moment of passion in a cruel and unusual manner.