Woman Pleads Guilty To Charges Related To Death Of Her Child

A woman has pleaded guilty to charges related to the death of her nine-month old son in Wilkes County Superior Court.

24-year old Kayla Rochelle Rodgers of Winston-Salem was sentenced to 216 to 272 months (18 to 22 ½ years) in prison. Rodgers gets credit for the 446 days (14 ½ months) she was in custody after the Wilkes Sheriff’s Office arrested her on May 2, 2019.

An investigation determined Rodgers knowingly left her child in an unattended parked car for five hours while she worked in Boomer on May 2, 2019. When Rodgers arrived at Wilkes Medical Center with the child after work , the child “was reported to be lifeless and not breathing.” The child would later die.