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Childcare Gone Wrong-Cautionary Tales

Friday, January 4, 2008

Baby Found Dead in Sunset Park-Brooklyn Crime Briefs
Police are investigating the death of a 5-month-old baby girl found yesterday morning inside a Sunset Park home on 51st Street near Fifth Avenue. Police responded to a 911 call from the child’s babysitter who reported finding her unconscious just after 10 a.m. The baby, whose name has not yet been released, was taken to Lutheran Medical Center, where doctors reported her dead on arrival. The city Medical Examiner’s office is still trying to determine the cause of death.

Babysitter Charged with Obstruction
The woman who told police she babysat an Alton toddler the day he died under suspicious circumstances has been charged with obstruction of justice.Jeanine E. Lansdon, 26, of East Alton, was charged Wednesday in Madison County.Associate Circuit Judge Richard Tognarelli set Lansdon's bond at $100,000.Maxwell Owen Eyer, a 2-year-old boy in Lansdon's care, died Dec. 28 shortly after his mother brought him to the emergency room of St. Anthony's Hospital in Alton. He was unresponsive and died about 20 minutes after arriving at the hospital.Early on, investigators called the death suspicious and said that physical abuse was a potential cause of death. But police say the are awaiting final autopsy results to know the actual cause of death.

17-Month-Old Hospitalized After Being Abused By Mom's Boyfriend
A 17-month-old boy was hospitalized Friday morning following abuse that Apopka police said came at the hands of his mother's boyfriend. Investigators said 24-year-old Darlanne Toussaint was babysitting the child at the Willow Lake apartments off SR-436, Thursday. Police said when the baby started crying, Toussaint confessed to beating the boy and using a hair dryer on several parts of his body for 10 to 30 minutes.
Darlanne Toussaint

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