Katherine McCarron would have been six years old today. Wishing her a very happy birthday and and best wishes to her family.

Former pathologist Karen McCarron has been sentenced to 36 years in prison for the May 13th suffocation of her then 3-year-old daughter, Katherine “Katie” McCarron, today’s Peoria Journal-Star reports. On January 17th, McCarron was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder, one count of obstructing justice and one count of concealment of a homicidal death. A request for a new trial was denied and she will have to serve all of her sentence. She was also ordered to pay a $25,000 fine; she had faced 20 years and 110 years in prison. Katie McCarron was autistic; in a taped confession …read more

On January 17th, former pathologist Karen McCarron was ruled guilty on all counts in the suffocation death of her 3-year-old daughter Katherine (”Katie”) in May of 2006. Today’s Peoria Journal-Star reports that McCarron will have to wait three more weeks before her sentencing, as her attorney, Marc Wolfe, has asked for an extension.
Wolfe said Tuesday he needed more time to review a 200-page pre-sentence report that he said was just given to him Monday.
Wolfe said that wouldn’t have given him enough time to review the report and be ready for the sentencing hearing by Wednesday.
“Everybody wants to be as thorough …read more

Mike McCarron, grandfather of Katie McCarron, has written an open letter to the Autism Hub. Here is an excerpt; go here to read the full text of letter.

I wish to thank each of you for your words; both about Katie and about people with special needs in general. In a world where differences easily become reasons to devalue people, your words have always conveyed respect, dignity and love for those with special needs…….

I have had the pleasure of meeting some of you in person, I have corresponded with some of you, and still others I know only through your …read more