Overview
- Christina L. Torchia was charged Tuesday with first-degree intentional homicide after authorities reclassified her daughter Layla Stahl’s 2022 death as a homicide.
- Layla, 6, was found unresponsive in her Kenosha bedroom on April 20, 2022, and officials initially listed the cause and manner of death as undetermined.
- Kenosha County investigators reopened the case in early 2026 and, during a March 12 interview, reported that Torchia’s statements conflicted with the evidence.
- A Kenosha County judge approved changing the manner of death to homicide after prosecutors and the medical examiner sought an amendment to the original finding.
- Torchia previously pleaded guilty in a separate 2024 solicitation case and received a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence with credit for 622 days served.