Wisconsin legislator’s daughter sentenced for woman’s death
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The daughter of a Wisconsin state legislator was found guilty of supplying drugs killed a pregnant woman and her baby on June 2017.
Cassie Nygren plead no contest Tuesday to several charges she faced, but a Wisconsin judge entered guilty pleas instead as part of an agreement with prosecutors. She was found guilty of being party to a first-degree reckless homicide and other charges.
Other charges were dismissed, including a first-degree reckless homicide for the baby’s death and neglecting a child.
Nygren is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 17.
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