08/17/2025
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Shocking Plea Deal: Michigan Mother Pleads No Contest To Child Abuse In Death Of Her Daughter - Murder Charge Dropped
A shocking development in the case of a 21-year-old Michigan mother who was set to stand trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter.
Paige Bohne has struck a plea deal with Prosecutors and has agreed to plead no contest to first-degree child abuse and conspiracy to commit child abuse in the first degree. In exchange for her no contest plea, charges of open murder and assault with intent to do bodily harm were dismissed.
On November 7, 2024 authorities responded to the Memory Lane Trailer Park in Sturgis Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan on a call of an unresponsive 2-year-old girl. When authorities arrived at the scene life-saving efforts were administered but were unsuccessful. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The girl was later identified as Octavia, who was the daughter of 21-year-old Paige Bohne. Due to suspicious circumstances surrounding Octavia's death, the St. Joseph County Major Crimes Task Force was activated to investigate the incident.
During the course of the investigation deputies took Bohne into custody for involuntary manslaughter. Her charges would later be upgraded to open murder and she was denied bond and held at the St. Joseph County Jail.
Details have not been released on the results of the investigation or why charges were upgraded. Nor do we have an official cause of death that has been released for two-year-old Octavia.
A no contest plea means the defendant does not admit guilt but will be treated as if she is guilty for sentencing purposes.
For First-Degree Child Abuse, Bohne could be sentenced to life in prison or any number of years. Conspiracy to Commit First-Degree Child Abuse could also carry a mandatory life sentence depending how the offense is charged and interpreted by the court.
Paige Bohne will be sentenced on August 29th.
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