Yesterday, January 13th, Judge Michael Canaday sentenced Shirley L.
Sawyer-Johnson, 41, Lake Charles, to 30 years in prison at hard labor for Manslaughter.
In November of 2025, Sawyer pled guilty to Manslaughter during her
ongoing trial. In January of 2025, Sawyer-Johnson fatally beat a three-month-old infant that was under her supervision.
Chief of Litigation Charles Robinson and Assistant District Attorney
David Guidry prosecuted the case for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office.