Terry McKirchy, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the 2019 death of a man she was accused of disabling as an infant 40 years ago, listens during a hearing at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Judge George Odom presides over Terry McKirchy's hearing at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun Sentinel)./South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Joe and Rae Dowling comfort each other during a hearing for Terry McKirchy, the babysitter charged with murder for the death of their son Benjamin Dowling after she allegedly permanently injured him by shaking him as a 5-month-old in the 1980s, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Terry McKirchy, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the 2019 death of a man she was accused of disabling as an infant 40 years ago, walks in the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Joe Dowling, father of Benjamin Dowling, who died at 35 after a life of severe disabilities caused by a brain hemorrhage he suffered at the hands of his babysitter, Terry McKirchy, attends a hearing at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Terry McKirchy, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the 2019 death of a man she was accused of disabling as an infant 40 years ago, listens during a hearing at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)