Babysitter s boyfriend charged with murder in death of Georgia toddler
By FOX 5 Digital Team
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Jeffrey Meyers is the second person charged in connection to the 2-year-old s death. (Sandy Spring Police Department)
(Sandy Springs Police Department)
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - The boyfriend of a Sandy Springs babysitter is facing murder charges in connection to the death of a 2-year-old girl who was in her care.
An investigation was launched on Dec. 9 after a medical call was received regarding an unresponsive child inside an apartment on Monterey Parkway, the Sandy Springs Police Department said. We got a 911 call about an unresponsive child. Sandy Springs Police Department along with EMS responded. They gave the child CPR and they transported her to the hospital where she was later pronounced dead by medical personnel, said Sgt. Salvador Ortega, with the Sandy Springs Police Department.
Updated: 11:45 AM PST, December 18, 2020
An autopsy performed on the toddler revealed that she was beaten to death and was not hurt in an accidental fall like her caretaker claimed, the Sandy Springs Police said in a statement.
A babysitter in Georgia has been arrested and charged in the brutal killing of a 2-year-old girl who was under her care, authorities said on Tuesday. An autopsy performed on the toddler revealed that she was beaten to death and was not hurt in an accidental fall like her caretaker claimed, the Sandy Springs Police said in a statement.
On Dec. 9, the police answered a medical call regarding an unresponsive child at an apartment on Monterey Parkway in Sandy Springs. First responders rushed the child to the hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said.