• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A woman arrested after a 2-year-old girl was found dead in their Wagner home has pleaded no contest to failing to report the death of a child and guilty to possession of methamphetamine and keeping a place for use or sale of drugs, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said Tuesday.
• Laurie Cournoyer, 29, entered the pleas Tuesday in Charles Mix County. Her sentencing is scheduled for March 14, said her attorney, Scott Swier.
• Jackley said the plea marks the first time a sentence will be carried out under the state's version of "Caylee's law," which took effect July 1. The laws are in response to the high-profile case of Caylee Anthony's 2008 death in Florida and make it a crime for a parent or guardian to knowingly fail to report that a child has gone missing or been killed.
• Prosecutors say the 2-year-old girl's body was in a closet for nearly two days in July before Cournoyer and her husband, Taylor, reported her death.
• According to police affidavits, Laurie Cournoyer had a difficult time recalling recent events and the last time she had seen the toddler. At one point when questioned about the exact time, she said, "Maybe it was yesterday, I don't know." She could not recall who had placed the toddler in the closet.
• Taylor Cournoyer, 21, was sentenced to 13 years in prison in November after pleading guilty to one count of possession of methamphetamine and one count of keeping a place for the use or sale of drugs. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors dropped child abuse charges and a charge of failing to report the death.
• An 11-year-old boy also has been charged in the South Dakota case. Details of his alleged involvement are not being released because he is a juvenile.
• Laurie Cournoyer's meth possession charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, and the failure to report and other drug charge each carries a maximum 5-year sentence, Jackley said.
• She also pleaded guilty to a second meth possession charge stemming from the time she spent incarcerated at the Charles Mix County Jail, Jackley added.
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