Woman who pleaded guilty in baby death case has probation revoked

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A woman who was sentenced to probation in 2024 in an infant’s 2019 death had her probation revoked on Friday.

Lavosha Daniels, 34, pleaded guilty on Dec. 16, 2024, to abandoning a corpse and first-degree involuntary manslaughter. She will now serve seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. She is currently being held at District 6 Probation and Parole, according to DOC records.

The baby died after allegedly being strangled by Staffone Fountain, who was sentenced to seven years in prison.

Police arrested Fountain and Daniels in 2022 after someone found a note from Daniels addressed to police in a different hotel describing what happened. Prosecutors claimed  Fountain may have struck the child and placed her in an unsafe sleeping position when he put the child in a car seat and placed her in the bathtub.

The state tried to revoke Daniels bond after she allegedly stole multiple “slushi” machines from a Columbia Sam’s Club on Jan. 14. She is charged with felony stealing and misdemeanor stealing in that case and has an arraignment set for 8:30 a.m. Monday, June 22.