A woman who said her stepdaughter died 37 years ago after falling from a wood pile has admitted to killing the 4-year-old girl.

Mary Rae Morgan, 58, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Monday.Michelle LeAnn Morgan died in 1961 at the family's Mascoutah farmhouse.

George Morgan, who was 8 at the time of his sister's death, said his stepmother stomped on the girl's stomach in anger. The girl collapsed and died a day later. Mary Rae Morgan had said Michelle fell off a wood pile while chasing rabbits.

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