{"id":349960,"date":"2026-06-06T22:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T22:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/349960\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T22:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T22:40:07","slug":"san-jose-mother-and-daughter-both-receive-prison-sentences-tied-to-2023-daycare-drownings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/349960\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Mother and Daughter Both Receive Prison Sentences Tied to 2023 Daycare Drownings"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mother-daughter daycare team convicted of three felony child endangerment charges stemming from a 2023 double drowning<\/a> at the pair’s Happy Happy Daycare facility in San Jose were sentenced to sizable prison stints on Friday. <\/p>\n

Mother Shahin Gheblehshenas received a sentence of 8 years while her daughter, Nina Fathizadeh, was sentenced to serve 13 years and fourth months on June 5 in relation to the 2023 deaths of two toddlers and near-drowning of a third in Gheblehshenas’ backyard pool, the Mercury News reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In his ruling, Santa Clara County Judge Paul Bernal decried the situation as \u201ca catastrophe for everybody\u201d while lamenting his inability to bring back either victim: 16-month-old Lillian \u201cLily\u201d Hanan and 18-month-old Payton Cobb. Both victims were found dead on Oct. 2, 2023 after drowning in a pool on Gheblehshenas’ property, which had been licensed as an in-home center since 2021 <\/p>\n

The fact that Gheblehshenas, 67, was not home at the time, was likely a contributing factor in her receiving a shorter sentence given Fathizadeh, 43, pleaded guilty in February while her mother opted to go to trial. Gheblehshenas was found guilty by a jury on March 24. Fathizadeh was also \u00a0convicted of seven additional counts of child endangerment “related to separate allegations of transporting children in a vehicle without properly restraining them,” per reporting from NBC Bay Area<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Mercury News further notes that Judge Bernal\u2019s sentences “generally fell in the middle range of what he was legally authorized to hand out,” with a lack of prior criminal history benefitting both defendants. They will each also earn a half-year of credit for the jail time they’ve already served. <\/p>\n

In a harrowing statement before the court, Scott Hanan \u2014 Lily\u2019s father \u2014 detailed the challenging fertility journey he and his wife undertook for 15 years before finally realizing their dreams via adoption.<\/p>\n

\u201cLosing Lily was not only a loss for us, but also a loss for her birth family,\u201d Hanan said. \u201cOur home still has a silence that should never exist \u2026 Part of us is just waiting for her to come home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Related: More Details Emerge on the Two Toddlers Who Drowned at a San Jose Daycare Center<\/a><\/p>\n

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