Mom Charged with Homicide and Baby Abuse After Toddler Daughter Dies on NYE

A child lady in Maryland died on New Yr’s Eve, and now her mom has been charged in connection to her dying.

Detectives from the Harford County Sheriff’s Workplace realized in regards to the 5 1/2-month-old on Sunday, Dec. 29, after responding to the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Middle with regard to a report from Baby Protecting Providers of suspected youngster abuse, a press launch from the division states.

After talking with hospital workers, detectives allegedly realized that the toddler had arrived on the hospital by ambulance with “a number of cranium fractures, mind bleeds, a fractured leg, and quite a few different life-threatening accidents.”

Based on WBAL-TV, the infant lady had been within the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) since delivery and had simply gone dwelling on Monday, Dec. 23 earlier than being taken again to the hospital on Saturday, Dec. 28. She died from her accidents on Tuesday, Dec. 31, per the press launch.

The press launch states that an investigation was launched into the incident that included a court-ordered search of the kid’s dwelling and “a number of interviews of potential witnesses and suspects” that resulted in “inconsistent accounts of how the toddler sufferer sustained her accidents.”

The child’s mom, Maya Dennis, 32, informed police when requested in regards to the accidents that “considered one of her youngsters was working within the dwelling and unintentionally fell on the sufferer,” WJZ reported, citing charging paperwork.

When issuing a search warrant on Dennis’ two telephones, authorities allegedly discovered textual content messages by which she claimed the accidents have been from her keep within the NICU, per WJZ.

Detectives additionally questioned a person who was seen coming into the household’s dwelling for almost an hour earlier than the toddler was taken to the hospital. Dennis and the person denied she had contact with the kid when being interviewed by police.

The Harford County Sheriff’s Workplace said that through the investigation, nevertheless, detectives developed data that indicated Dennis had “sole care and custody of the kid when her accidents have been inflicted,” per the press launch.

“Dennis has been charged with 1st diploma homicide, 1st diploma youngster abuse, after making statements indicating she was answerable for the now deadly accidents,” the press launch states.

Dennis was arrested with out incident and transported to the Harford County Detention Middle, per the discharge. The discharge notes that the investigation is ongoing, and no additional data is being launched.

On-line data reviewed by PEOPLE present that Dennis was denied bail whereas showing remotely in court docket on Thursday, Jan 2.

Prosecutors argued through the listening to that the infant’s accidents weren’t unintentional, per WBAL-TV. “Her left femur and tibia have been damaged. She had a number of cranium fractures, bleeding on the mind and round her eye sockets. The child had irreversible mind harm,” they stated.

A preliminary listening to for Dennis has been scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 30, per on-line data.

Should you suspect youngster abuse, name the Childhelp Nationwide Baby Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Baby or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is on the market 24/7 in additional than 170 languages.