The Coquitlam daycare operator who was facing four charges in relation to the death of a baby in her care has pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death.
Maria McFerran, who operated the Rattle-N-Roll Daycare in her Shaughnessy Street home, was also charged with manslaughter, failing to provide the necessaries of life and obstruction of justice.
In January 2011 police responded to the home after one-year-old Arto Howley died suddenly. An autopsy was done but the cause of death has not been released.
Rattle-n-Roll was an unlicensed daycare; the Fraser Health Authority requires a licence for facilities that care for three or more children (not related to the daycare operator) .
The police did not disclose how many children were under McFerran's care at the time of the child's death.
Crown counsel spokesperson Neil MacKenzie said information surrounding the little boy's death can't be disclosed because the matter is still before the courts.
McFerran's sentencing hearing is on April 16, 2013.
