A Michigan woman from Hastings, Michigan has been sentenced to a minimum of 40-years in prison for second-degree murder of a 4-month old baby that was in her care and died from injuries.
Savannah Miller, 32, pled no-contest to second-degree murder and second-degree child abuse for her actions relating to the death of Renzi McCall in July of 2024.
According to court documents, Savannah Miller was intoxicated while watching the baby and said that the night was “very blurry” for her.
Miller was 4 months sober when she was watching the child and ordered 10 shots from Doordash. She claimed that the injuries to the baby were from a series of falls and accidents. She said she was afraid to call the police because she didn’t want to get in trouble for being drunk.
The prosecutor also said Miller has a history of abuse while under the influence, has over 100 Child Protective Services referrals regarding her own children, had “five or six” prescribed medications in her system at the time of the incident, and has a long history of drug use.
The mother returned home where Miller was watching Renzi McCall and found her with bruises all over her body. The baby was airlifted to a local area hospital where three days later she died from her injuries.
Miller read a written statement for the court.
“There’s no amount of words that will ever begin to explain how much I hate myself for allowing my addiction to become, for allowing my life to become unmanageable because of my addiction. I will spend the rest of my life unable to forgive myself for the mistakes I’ve made and the pain and heartache I’ve caused to Amber and her family. It’s been well over 300 days, and it still hasn’t gotten easier for me to be able to cope with what I’ve done. I can only pray that one day, Amber and her family will find it in their hearts to forgive me one day,” she said. “There’s not enough ‘I’m sorrys’ in the world that will bring her back. And if there was, I would say every one of them, from the bottom of my heart, I am sincerely, remorsefully sorry.”
Miller was sentenced in Osceola County Friday to 80 months to 10 years in prison for second-degree child abuse and 40 years to 80 years in prison for second-degree murder. She gets 335 days credit for time served on both charges, and both sentences will be served concurrently.
