Katelyn Nardi
MERRILL, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – A Merrill woman accused of reckless homicide after her daughter drowned in a bathtub will go to trial in the summer of 2027.
Katelyn Nardi will face a week-long jury trial beginning on June 28th, 2027, according to WAOW TV. She has pleaded not guilty to first-degree reckless homicide and neglecting a child at a preliminary hearing on March 31st of this year.
The charges stem from the drowning of Nardi’s 5-year-old daughter in a bathtub at a Merrill residence. Merrill police and fire department ambulance crews were dispatched to Nardi’s home on the morning of Oct. 22.
According to a criminal complaint, Nardi’s fiancé told officers that she was giving her daughter a bath and left the bathroom for about five minutes to pick out her daughter’s pajamas.
When she returned, the girl was unresponsive. According to the complaint, Nardi told officers she took her out of the bath and began CPR, while her fiancé was outside, on the phone, waiting for an ambulance to arrive.
Officers also learned that Nardi’s daughter suffered from seizures and was not feeling well the morning of October 22. According to the complaint, Nardi kept her daughter home from school, telling officers she didn’t want her daughter having a seizure at school.
Nardi’s daughter was on prescribed medication, but officers were told that no medication was taken the day of the incident, with her last dose being the night before.
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