Fischer sentenced to eight years in prison

Posted on April 22, 2016

Danielle Bagley, formerly Danielle Fischer, appears on the witness stand during Nicholas Compton’s murder trial. (Photo courtesy WMBD)

By WJBC Staff

BLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison in connection with the murder of her three-year-old son.

Danielle Bagley, formerly Danielle Fischer, was sentenced Friday on child endangerment charges in McLean County court. Fischer originally faced murder charges for the death of her son, Robbie Cramer in March 2013, but those charges were dismissed.

Nicholas Compton, Fischer’s boyfriend at the time, is serving a life sentence for beating Cramer to death.

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