A 26-year-old Brown County woman will serve three years in prison after she pleaded guilty to a Level 3 felony for neglecting the care of her grandmother, who passed away last year.

Cheyenne Sebastian pleaded guilty in April to neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury. She was sentenced on June 22 to nine years in the Department of Corrections, but was ordered to serve three years, with the remainder of the sentence suspended.

She will receive credit for two days already served and will be on probation for six years after she is released from prison. She was also ordered to pay $335 in fine and court costs.

Sebastian was charged in June 2020 after evidence indicated she had neglected her grandmother, 70-year-old Marcia Henson.

Police were called to a home on Peoga Road on May 19 for a death investigation. Dispatch reported to officers that Henson was cold to the touch and those present were not willing to do CPR on her, according to a probable cause affidavit by Det. Brian Shrader.

Shrader was dispatched to meet Brown County Coroner Earl Piper and reported seeing a “large amount of wounds” covering the vast majority of Henson’s body, including her back and deep wounds on her left ankle. Pictures were also taken of the condition of the home.

Sebastian was her grandmother’s primary caregiver and was being paid to care for her through a home care company based in Bloomington.

She had told Deputy Coroner Rob Ayers that Henson had a history of strokes and was paralyzed on her left side.

Piper also told police that the condition of her body was the worst he had seen in his 25-year coroner career and that it was his opinion that she had been neglected.

Pathologist Dr. Latanja Watkins informed police at the autopsy two days later that a wound near Henson’s tailbone and one on her left leg were severely infected. She told police that the infections were not likely the cause of her death, but those issues likely contributed to stresses on her body, and because of her medical history, the infections worsened the conditions. She said Henson also would have been in severe pain.

A relative had not been able to see Henson due to COVID-19 and had expressed concern about Henson’s care. Sebastian also said no one had been to visit Henson for a few months because of COVID-19.

In an interview with Shrader, Sebastian said that Henson would get sores often and that she thought she could care for the sores on her own. She said she had not met her grandmother’s nurse or received training on how to care for her, but that the company provided medical supplies.