The aunt of a three year-old boy who died while in her care pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and endangering children Monday morning.

In October 2017, Brittany Fitch, now 33, began watching her nephew at her Lewis Drive home.

Ten days into his stay, the child suffered a fatal injury which Fitch admitted to causing when she fell on him while in the shower.

According to Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Ron Welch, Fitch told investigators the child cried in pain but was able to be consoled.

Later that night, Fitch awoke to the sound of another child crying and got out of bed to check. That’s when she found her nephew to be unresponsive.

Welch said the child died due to an intestinal laceration, an injury medical experts said could have been prevented had the child received appropriate medical care.

According to Welch, the injury was so severe that the boy would not have been consoled so quickly. He said the child likely would have extensively been crying in pain.

Welch said Fitch’s reckless failure to obtain treatment for her nephew resulted in his death.

The State is recommending Fitch be sentenced to four years in prison on her first-degree felony count of involuntary manslaughter and two fourth-degree felony counts of endangering children.