(LifeSiteNews) — A woman was convicted in a New Mexico courtroom this week for kidnapping and killing her infant son in order to deprive his father of custody.
The case adds to the growing number of highly disturbing stories of moms killing their children. In recent weeks, LifeSiteNews has reported on Lindsay Clancy and Kailey Erhart, both of whom brutally killed their young children, including infants.
Madeline Daly, 36, said she shot 11-month-old Basil in the face after being pursued by law enforcement from Wyoming to New Mexico, where she was eventually found hiding with the child in an RV in a rural area.
Daly pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the December 2025 killing of her son. She faces life in prison, the maximum penalty for first-degree murder in New Mexico, according to a statement from District Attorney Norman R. Wheeler.
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Mother shoots her 11-month-old baby in the face, says it was “worth it” because the boy’s father would never be able to see him.
Madeline Veronique Daly has been convicted of the horrific killing in New Mexico.
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“Basil Stoner was born on January 8th, 2025. His father, Jake Stoner, was previously in a relationship with Daly. When the parties split in July of 2024, Madeline Daly went on the run and tried to keep the location of where she was and where the baby was going to be born a secret,” recounts a narrative supplied on a GoFundMe page established to help the bereaved dad change Amber Alert laws to make them more effective.
Daly reportedly repeatedly refused Stoner’s attempts to see his son.
The GoFundMe page continues:
On December 23rd, 2025, Mr. Stoner received a call from Law Enforcement asking if he was ready to travel. Madeline Daly had been located in New Mexico. Mr. Stoner sat by the phone waiting for the news he had been hoping to hear for months: that his son was safe and he would be able to celebrate Christmas with him.
Instead of being able to spend Christmas with his son, Jake heard the words that will haunt him forever. Madeline Daly had barricaded herself at an RV Park in New Mexico. Instead of turning her son over to law enforcement and being peacefully arrested, she shot Basil and killed him.
Stoner believes that if laws are changed to allow for Amber Alerts to be issued with less stringent standards, his son would be alive and safe today.