A young Redding mother has decided to plead guilty to murdering her own baby. On January 5th of last year 22-year-old Macie Marie Silvey fed her 2-year-old daughter 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 the child 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 what was wrong, hoping to convince everyone that an accident had happened. Fire personnel and paramedics immediately started trying to revive the child and transported her to a hospital, where she later was pronounced dead. The circumstances were considered suspicious and since Silvey lived in Redding, RPD Detectives began investigating ad eventually discovered the truth. On Friday Silvey entered guilty pleas to first degree murder and kidnapping. Later this Summer she’ll be sentenced to 33 years to life in prison. She’s being held without bail in Shasta County Jail.
– Steve Gibson