Wealthy coastal enclave nanny charged with manslaughter in toddler's death

A nanny successful Martha's Vineyard has been charged with manslaughter aft allegedly leaving 2 young children who were nether her attraction wrong her SUV for respective hours, resulting successful the decease of 1 of the children. 

Aimee Cotton, 41, was arrested connected March 13 by authorities connected charges of battle and artillery connected a kid with wounded and reckless endangerment, according to an apprehension study from the Massachusetts State Police. 

She was aboriginal charged with manslaughter erstwhile 1 of the children, a 3-year-old, died connected March 19. The kid has not been named. 

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Cotton called the constabulary successful the aboriginal day connected March 13, reporting that "a kid whom she was babysitting was not breathing and turning blue." The Oaks Bluff Police Department archetypal responded to the call, and alerted the authorities police, who arrived soon thereafter. 

The Oak Bluffs Police Department archetypal responded to a 911 telephone made by Aimee Cotton, who is present charged with manslaughter successful the decease of a kid nether her care.  (Oaks Bluff Police Department)

The unfortunate was initially taken to the Martha's Vineyard Hospital Emergency Room, and aboriginal transported by Boston Medflight chopper to Massachusetts General Hospital successful captious condition.

The unfortunate died six days later. 

The apprehension study indicates that Cotton archetypal told responding officers that she and the children had had a comparatively mean greeting during which she attempted to instrumentality them for a walk, but scrapped the thought and took the children location erstwhile 1 of them would not cooperate. 

She said that she took the children backmost to her home, wherever they played with toys and ate lunch, and explained that soon aft noon, she began loading her conveyance with hockey instrumentality and changed the children's diapers successful the process, earlier putting them successful the vehicle. 

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A sprawling Victorian location connected ritzy abrogation spot Martha's Vineyard.  (John Greim/LightRocket )

Cotton, who was described arsenic "cooperative," told constabulary the children were successful the car unsocial for nary much than 15 minutes, and that she called the constabulary astir 1:15 p.m. due to the fact that 1 of the children looked "sick and ill." 

Shortly thereafter, constabulary obtained a Nest location camera with Cotton's permission, which contained surveillance footage from extracurricular the house. 

That footage told a wholly antithetic story. 

Police said that astir 9:15 a.m., Cotton could beryllium seen entering the driveway successful her 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe. She allegedly spent 10 minutes unloading items from the car and bringing them inside, but neither of the children were removed from the car.

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Victorian gingerbread cottages successful Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Police said a play of astir 3 hours passed without immoderate enactment connected the Nest footage, earlier she began loading the SUV with the hockey instrumentality astir noon. Over the people of the adjacent hour, she loaded the conveyance and concisely brought the younger child, who survived, wrong the location for astir 10 minutes earlier returning that kid to the car. 

That is erstwhile she called 911 to study the unresponsive victim. 

The adjacent morning, authorities troopers brought Cotton successful for questioning, wherever she capitulated and told officers that she near the children successful the car for astir 3 hours portion she cooked herself food, attended to her idiosyncratic hygiene, packed her son's hockey instrumentality and completed different chores. 

Massachusetts State Police yet arrested Aimee Cotton connected manslaughter charges connected March 20. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe)

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The apprehension study noted that Cotton showed remorse, but besides made excuses for her behavior. 

She was initially arrested connected March 14 for battle and artillery connected a kid with wounded and reckless endangerment. She was booked into the Dukes County Jail and arraigned aboriginal that day.  

On March 20, the time aft the kid died, she was arraigned successful Edgartown District Court connected the complaint of manslaughter. 

Edgartown Lighthouse, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. (iStock)

Cotton pleaded not blameworthy to the manslaughter complaint and posted $21,000 bail. She was released with a GPS ankle monitor. She was besides fixed a mandatory 6 p.m. curfew. 

Cotton faces up to 20 years successful situation if convicted. Her adjacent tribunal day is scheduled for April 3. 

Harrison Barrow III, Cotton's attorney, declined to comment.