Posted on 05/29/2017 10:52:54 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
Police have arrested a 23-year-old daycare worker accused of assaulting an 8-month-old girl during nap time, which resulted in her death. One police official says in his opinion, the victim was “tortured.”
Leah Walden faces numerous charges, including first and second-degree murder, in the death of Reese Bowman.
“It’s giving me cold chills now to even think about it,” said Tim Barth, who watched first responders arrive.
According to police, Walden is seen on video snatching Bowman by one arm several times, as well as placing pillows over her face.
“As a parent you send your child to daycare because you think it’s going to be safe for them,” Shelley Veasey said.
Police say Bowman died on May 23, after officers were called to the Rocket Tiers Learning Center located on South High Street for a report of a baby not breathing.
“Reese Bowman in my opinion was tortured,” said Col. Stanley Branford of Baltimore Police. “Just evil, what motive could you possibly have to treat a baby that way.”
Responding officers found medics performing CPR on an 8-month-old girl, later identified as Bowman.
“You would never think that someone would do something as evil as that because that’s an 8-month-old baby, innocent, that baby was innocent,” one person said.
Bowman was taken to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead shortly after arriving. Police say there were no obvious signs of “trauma or injuries” to Bowman at that time.
Police immediately began investigating, and spoke with Walden, a caretaker at Rocket Tiers. She told police that she fed Bowman, wrapped her up in a blanket, and placed her in a crib for a nap.
When she returned about 45 minutes later, she said she noticed Bowman was not breathing and contact authorities.
The daycare facility has cameras throughout the center, and investigators began going through the video. The owner of the facility notified police on Wednesday that they had discovered some “disturbing” video.
Police say the video shows Walden putting excessive blankets on Bowman, which covered her head, before snatching Bowman out of the crib by one arm several times, swinging at Bowman as if she were slapping her, then placing pillows over her face.
Walden also walked off camera with Bowman several times, and police say they “can only assume” what Walden may have done off camera.
“It was really sad, they were running back and forth into daycare center. They rushed her as quick as they could into the ambulance. They had her covered up but her little feet were hanging out. It was so sad,” Veasey said.
Police say they do not know why Walden assaulted Bowman, but it appears that Bowman was awake during the assault.
According to police, there have been no previous formal complaints against this daycare facility.
Walden’s bio remained on their website which says “the best part of being a teacher is caring for babies who love me as much as I love them.”
Police say Walden had been working at the daycare for more than 2 years.
The Maryland Department of Education says they put Rocket Tiers under an emergency suspension and a spokesman says they can’t reopen unless a judge allows them to.
According to the Baltimore Sun in July an inspection cited the daycare for six violations. As of September, only four violations were corrected.
Daycare employees are required to undergo criminal background checks. It will take some time to verify whether Walden ever passed hers.
The Bowman Family released the following statement:
“Our family is suffering tremendous pain and wishes to grieve in private. Our hearts are broken. No family should ever have to experience the loss of a child under any circumstances. We await further information from the unfolding investigation.”
Police say Walden did not have a prior record and there doesn’t appear to be other victims but they’re urging parents who are suspicious to call the child abuse center at 443-984-7378.
A lot of people — many varieties of people — have been tols that they are powerless, and they are victims.
they are powerless, and they are victims
they are powerless, and they are victims
they are powerless, and they are victims
they are powerless, and they are victims
Given half a chance, people raised up like that will try to exert power over others and become victimizers instead of victims. It’s basic psychology.
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It’s a dark variant of the snowflake — “I’ve been so put upon all my life! I am so delicate! But now I see a chance to strike back at the world! Behold my power!”
Don’t waste your time arguing with these people.
They are blind to other opinions.just like libs.
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You are deceiving yourself. Your children wanted YOU, and you were too busy with YOUR career!
Yes! The voice of truth!
And what skeletons do you have in your closet?
yes, it breaks my heart that folks have babies only to leave them with strangers. Never made sense to me. If you can’t afford to stay home and take care of YOUR BABY don’t have them.
If you abandoned your precious children to daycare to further your career - you are evil. If you ABSOLUTELY had no other choice to survive, that is another matter.
SINCE I have been called a racist for the past 8 years....
I am going to go out on a limb and assume the white mother saw this monster day care worker and felt gut level fear for her child. BUT, because the mother didn’t want to be “racist” and pull her child out of this day care she soothed her white guilt mindset and thought to herself “I have to prove I am not racist and leave my 8 month old infant in the care of this person.”
Tommy Sotomayor (search on youtube) sums it up way more eloquently than I can because of I said much more I would certainly be banned from this site.
Even a lazy but loving mother at home is vastly better for infants than the best case scenario in a daycare center.
There's a lot of turnover in daycare employees. For every decent care-giver, there are dozens who really don't care about their charges – or worse, who pretend to "love" the children, but secretly abuse them, like the subject of the article.
Daycare abuse is much more common than many people think. The MSM try to minimize these reports, or even ignore them. Every wonder why?
Police baffled. The minute I read this quote, I knew it was a black woman killing a white baby.
I am betting that this is a hate crime and if you view the tapes this woman was only abusive to non black children......as far as I am concerned all crimes are hate crimes and that punishment should always be the same. but like I said I think there is a racial component to her behavior.
The Baltimore of Rawlings-Blake and Mosby continues to impress.
I repeat: your remarks are despicable in a forum which cherishes faith and family. Children need their mommies, and the fact that you abandoned them to be raised in a nameless, faceless daycare is inexcusable.
Amen - the voice of wisdom!
Wait a minnit. Hammerhead says it’s a “one and (sic) 100 million” case; you say one in a million. Can’t you scientists get your phony stats right?
No doubt Miss Leah hated the 8-month old girl baby for her white privilege & her racism. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Baltimore authorities didn’t end up sending the perp to a mental institution for several years and then released her.
So supporting moms who sacrifice to raise their precious babies is a “liberal” position? You are seriously deluded, my friend.
Hammerhead, take a long walk off a short pier. You sound like you are having a major wedgie over the fact your wife doesn’t get to stay home with the kids. 1 “and” 100 million? I assume you meant 1 IN 100 million which would be effing WRONG and shows you know NOTHING about math. There are situations like this constantly in the news.
Guilt guilt guilt. It will never leave you. It is something that I, despite my many failings will never experience, as my precious wife sacrificed to care for our children during those crucial early years.
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