Mom convicted in baby’s death gets 3 years in prison

A Dededo mother convicted in the death of her one-year-old boy will spend three years in the Department of Corrections prison.

Giltinan Ramangmou was sentenced before Judge Vernon Perez in the Superior Court of Guam late Tuesday.

“Everything has been so hard since I lost all my children,” said Ramangmou. “I didn’t hurt Pablo. I never hurt my children. It hurts that they call me a baby killer.”

Ramangmou was in tears moments leading up to hearing her fate.

“It breaks my heart,” she said. “Everyday I have to sleep with the guilt in me. It’s been so hard not to have my kids. I know I failed, but I did try my best.”

She will have to self-surrender to probation on Jan. 27, 2025 to begin her sentence.

Ramangmou remains freed under electronic monitoring.

In July, a jury convicted her of negligent homicide as a third-degree felony and child abuse as a third-degree felony and misdemeanor.

As KUAM reported, the murder case unfolded the day after Halloween, in Nov. 2023, at Ramangmou’s home in Dededo.

Authorities arrived to find the young boy lifeless.

Ramangmou told 911 operators that her son had bumped his head and fallen out of the crib.

However, prosecutors pointed out during the trial that Ramangmou later admitted to police she had been changing bed sheets and forgot the baby was on the bed, resulting in the child hitting the wall and falling to the ground.

An autopsy concluded the child died as a result of blunt force injuries to the head, consistent with Battered Baby Syndrome, with the manner being homicide.