Police in Moultrie, Georgia say a woman has been charged with murder after her 3 month old baby fell from her arms during a fight with another woman and later died.
According to a statement from the Moultrie Police Department, 26 year old Karen is in custody on charges of murder, felony child cruelty and simple battery. It was not clear what led to the altercation. Surveillance footage of the fight outside a hair store shows two women arguing, and the women begin fighting after one of them is hit in the face with a shopping bag. The baby then falls from Karen’s arms onto the pavement. Police say the women kept fighting until a witness stepped in, picked up the baby and tried to break it up.
Police say Karen did not take the baby to the hospital until the next day and told authorities the child had fallen at home from a friend’s hands. The baby died at the hospital later that same day. Police say the friend backed up that account at first, but detectives then got the surveillance footage showing the baby in the mother’s arms. The friend was charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements to police.
Police said the other woman in the fight had not been charged or identified at the time, that the investigation was ongoing and that more arrests were expected. Charges are allegations, and no public response from Karen or the friend had been reported.
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