Mom Admits to Fatally Shooting Baby in Face So Dad Wouldn't Get Custody

A mother in Wyoming was convicted of fatally shooting her 11-month-old son in the face so that his father could never get custody of him. The 6th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said in a statement that the infant died on December 23, 2025, after his mother, Madeline Veronique Daly, shot him inside an RV near Silver City, New Mexico. The victim was not identified in the statement, but his name, Basil, was revealed in a GoFundMe set up to help his father, Jake Stoner. Daly, 36, was arrested on the same day she killed her son. She was initially charged with first-degree m...

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