Overview
- A Baton Rouge jury convicted Roxanne Record of manslaughter in her granddaughter China Record’s 2022 death.
- She faces up to 40 years in prison, with sentencing scheduled for Aug. 10.
- Investigators say she forced the 4-year-old to finish a Canadian Mist whiskey bottle as punishment at the home on April 21, 2022, while the girl’s mother allegedly watched.
- The coroner reported a 0.680 blood-alcohol level and ruled the death acute alcohol poisoning, a concentration that can be lethal above 0.4.
- The child’s mother, Kadjah Record, remains charged with first-degree murder and cruelty to a juvenile and is due back in court on June 29.