Woman faces sentencing for daycare death

(AP) – A Millsboro woman is facing sentencing after being convicted in the death of a 10-month-old boy at her home day care.

Fifty-two-year-old Valorie Handy faces up to eight years behind bars when she appears in court Friday in Sussex County.

Troopers were called to the Handy's Little Disciples day care in January 2015 after a worker reportedly found the baby unresponsive when trying to wake him from a nap. The baby was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

Handy was charged with murder by abuse or neglect. She was convicted last month on the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide.

Prosecutors said Handy gave the boy diphenhydramine, the active ingredient in Benadryl.

The medical examiner classified the boy's death as a homicide from diphenhydramine intoxication.