Nanny may face murder charge over infant's death
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January 25, 2013, Friday
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A pillow, blanket and baby wipes stained with blood were found in the bedroom of the 1-year-old girl who died after she was allegedly assaulted by her Irish nanny, according to court documents filed by police in Boston, US.
Aisling McCarthy Brady, already jailed on an assault charge, could be charged with murder in last week's death of Rehma Sabir who was hospitalized with head injuries on January 14 - her first birthday. She died two days later.
Court documents describe a gruesome scene inside the baby's bedroom and a concerned neighbor hearing a child's urgent cries fall silent.
An upstairs neighbor told police on the day the baby was hospitalized, she heard the infant crying for almost an hour before it changed to "extreme crying." The woman said she knocked on the front door of the apartment for about 90 seconds, timing the knocks in between the baby's gasping so it would be heard by someone inside.
Her knocks went unanswered. Police said she told them she heard the baby cry for another 10 minutes.
Doctor Alice Newton, medical director of the Child Protection Team at Boston Children's Hospital, diagnosed Rehma as a victim of abusive head trauma, according to the court documents.
US immigration officials said Brady was in the country illegally after arriving from Ireland in 2002. She was only authorized to stay 90 days.
Aisling McCarthy Brady, already jailed on an assault charge, could be charged with murder in last week's death of Rehma Sabir who was hospitalized with head injuries on January 14 - her first birthday. She died two days later.
Court documents describe a gruesome scene inside the baby's bedroom and a concerned neighbor hearing a child's urgent cries fall silent.
An upstairs neighbor told police on the day the baby was hospitalized, she heard the infant crying for almost an hour before it changed to "extreme crying." The woman said she knocked on the front door of the apartment for about 90 seconds, timing the knocks in between the baby's gasping so it would be heard by someone inside.
Her knocks went unanswered. Police said she told them she heard the baby cry for another 10 minutes.
Doctor Alice Newton, medical director of the Child Protection Team at Boston Children's Hospital, diagnosed Rehma as a victim of abusive head trauma, according to the court documents.
US immigration officials said Brady was in the country illegally after arriving from Ireland in 2002. She was only authorized to stay 90 days.
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