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

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

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 Heart with regard to a report from Little one Protecting Companies of suspected little one abuse, a press launch from the division states.

After talking with hospital employees, 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.”

In response to WBAL-TV, the infant woman had been within the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) since start 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 newborn’s mom, Maya Dennis, 32, advised police when requested in regards to the accidents that “one in all her youngsters was working within the dwelling and by accident fell on the sufferer,” WJZ reported, citing charging paperwork.

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

Detectives additionally questioned a person who was seen getting 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 acknowledged that throughout the investigation, nonetheless, detectives developed data that indicated Dennis had “sole care and custody of the kid when her accidents had been inflicted,” per the press launch.

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

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

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

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

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

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