BOSTON (Reuters) - A Boston-area woman was convicted on Tuesday of second-degree murder in the 2006 death of her 4-year-old daughter from an overdose of powerful psychotropic drugs. The case rekindled a debate about the rising diagnosis of very young children with serious psychiatric conditions, and their treatment with potent medications. A judge sentenced Carolyn Riley, 35, to life in ...

A Massachusetts woman was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday in the fatal prescription drug overdose of her 4-year-old daughter. Carolyn Riley, 35, was accused of overmedicating her daughter, Rebecca, on powerful drugs prescribed by a psychiatrist who diagnosed her with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder by ...

A Massachusetts woman has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the prescription drug overdose of her 4-year-old daughter. Carolyn Riley was accused of overmedicating her daughter, Rebecca, on powerful drugs prescribed by a psychiatrist who diagnosed her with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder by the ...

A jury was chosen Wednesday for the trial of a mother accused — along with her husband — of killing their 4-year-old daughter by overmedicating her with powerful prescription drugs. A jury of nine women and seven men was selected for Carolyn Riley's first-degree murder trial. Testimony was ...