BriaI just read this story last night. Now the baby Diana has lost her fight. If I say anything else…it would be VERY UN-CHRISTLIKE, and I mean that!
Tortured Baby Dies, Sitter Confesses
NEW ORLEANS — Six-week-old Diana Nelson succumbed to her wounds Thursday at 2:22 p.m., according to a hospital spokesman. Nelson had been on life support for days, having been beaten, burned and drugged, according to police.Bogalusa police said they arrested a baby sitter, Amy Leighann Thomas, 22, Wednesday.
Officers said Thomas confessed to abusing the child before she died.
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Police said Thursday that Thomas’ charges were going to be upgraded to murder.“I had no idea what was going on,” said Nelson’s uncle Allen Daigle, who was present when EMTs took Nelson. “All I seen was the pale face and the blue lips. I didn’t see the burn marks until I went to the police station.”
Investigators said they examined Nelson at the hospital and found evidence of severe child abuse.Bogalusa Police Department Sgt. Darrell Darden said the child had suffered blunt force trauma and head injuries consistent with being beaten by a fist, and that Nelson had a skull fracture.
He said Nelson had also been burned repeatedly, and had been forced to swallow some kind of antidepressant like Xanax.Investigators said the burn marks were similar to curling iron burns.
“It’s a terrible situation,” Darden said. “What’s best for the baby at this time is to find who done this and make them pay.”
Nelson’s 14-month-old sister was taken into protective custody pending the outcome of an investigation. source
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