One of the most heart-wrenching criminal cases in recent local history has sent a young mother to prison for a very long time, possibly for rest of her life. On January 5th of last year 23-year-old Macie Marie Silvey fed her 2-year-old daughter Riley multiple prescription pills to intentionally cause an overdose. She then drove to the Millville area and sat in her parked car with the little girl and waited for her to die. When Riley was unresponsive, Silvey drove back toward Redding and stopped near Deschutes Road and Highway 44 in Palo Cedro, where she called 9-1-1 and acted as if she didn’t know what was wrong, hoping to convince everyone that an accident had happened. It was too late and Riley was later was pronounced dead. The circumstances were considered suspicious and since Silvey lived in Redding, RPD Detectives began investigating and eventually discovered the truth. In May Silvey entered guilty pleas to first degree murder and kidnapping. Thursday she was sentenced to 33 years to life in prison.
-Steve Gibson