Summerville Baby Sitter Charged After 3-year-old Girl Dies
Erika Butts
Published: November 5, 2009
Updated: November 5, 2009
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A 23-year-old South Carolina woman has been charged after authorities say she beat a child in her care to death.
Multiple media outlets reported Thursday that Erika Butts has been charged with homicide by child abuse.
Authorities say they found the toddler unresponsive Tuesday night at a Summerville subdivision. She was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Butts was charged after authorities say an autopsy showed the girl died from full body trauma.
The baby has not been identified, but authorities say her mother is in Michigan and is raising money to return to South Carolina.
Authorities say Butts and the girl are not related.
Butts was being held at the Charleston County jail awaiting a bond hearing. It was not immediately known if she had an attorney.
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Erica I hate to see you in this awful mess baby girl you will be all right cause the LORD above is going to help you,just keep your head up .I remember when your moms had you it’s funny how time flies a precious ANGEL was tooken away ,but another will be born.Your family always made away for mine and yall still are you bring so many tears too my eyes I just can’t beleave it,But you know you will be alright hang in there POPO…....Always will be in my heart and thoughts I will be praying for you.
Another sad story—-use to be you only saw these things on TV or at the movies but now more and more it is happeniing in real life. This is too sad. Why was the mother in Michigan if she did not even have money to return home to her child? Why did they trust this baby sitter who was only 23? Another little angel. This has made several in just a weeks time.
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