Woman pleads guilty to abuse in death of son, 3

A Steamboat Springs woman has pleaded guilty to fatal child abuse after prosecutors said she left her 3-year-old son alone for three days in a cabin without running water.

Steamboat Springs Today reports 25-year-old Meghan McKeon was sentenced to 22 years in prison after accepting a plea agreement Wednesday.

Austin Davis died March 27 after McKeon found him unresponsive. An autopsy said the cause of death was dehydration.

Police say they believe McKeon stayed at her boyfriend’s house and went to her job while Austin was alone.

McKeon said in court she was “spending time with a bottle” chasing unattainable dreams. She said she wasn’t a monster and didn’t intentionally hurt her son.

Austin’s father, Tyler Davis, was in jail on a harassment conviction when the child died.