A Louisiana woman convicted of killing her boyfriend’s daughter, and stuffing her body into a 13-gallon bucket for the girl’s mother to find on her front lawn, has learned her fate.
Bunnak “Hannah” Landon was sentenced Tuesday, May 6, to life in prison without the possibility of parole in connection with the 2023 killing of 6-year-old Bella Fontenelle, local news outlets WWL-TV, WSDU and Fox 8 reported. A judge also handed down an additional 80 years for obstruction of justice.
Landon was found guilty last week of first-degree murder and two counts of obstruction of justice, according to a press release shared by the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office. She had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Bella and her older sister spent the evening of April 25, 2023 in the care of Landon as the girls’ father worked late in Kenner, La., according to the district attorney’s office.
The children’s paternal grandmother picked up the girls from school and spent the afternoon with them before dropping them off at their Harahan, La., home. The grandmother left at about 7:30 p.m., and prosecutors said Landon killed Bella soon after that.
Prosecutors said video footage captured Landon at about 9:30 p.m. pulling a wagon carrying the bucket in which she “forced Bella’s 48-pound body.” Landon pulled the wagon to Bella’s mother’s home one street over before returning back to the home with an empty wagon, per the release.
Minutes later, Bella’s father returned, but Landon had already left the scene. The father reported Bella and Landon missing the next morning when he noticed they were gone.
