SBS: Virginia: Amy Hunter charged

Kari PughThe Naval Criminal Investigative Service has charged a 25-year-old Quantico woman with shaking to death a baby in her care.

Amy Hunter, 25, admitted to violently shaking a 9-month-old girl she regularly babysat at her home on Quantico Marine Corps base on April 26, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Alexandria on Oct. 17.
Hunter was watching the baby, identified in court papers only as C.P., along with her own 10-month-old daughter, the complaint said.
Hunter called 911 at 9:23 a.m. reporting the baby girl was unconscious after taking a fall and hitting "the back of her head really hard," the complaint reads.
The infant was airlifted to Inova Fairfax Hospital, where she was pronounced brain dead. Her family took her off life support on April 28.
An autopsy revealed the baby suffered from skull fractures, soft tissue swelling, a subdural hematoma and severe retinal hemorrhages consistent with shaken baby syndrome, the complaint stated. She also had a healing rib fracture that appeared to be several weeks old.
Hunter first told investigators she had gone to the bathroom and the infant had fallen backwards and hit the back of her head on a lower chair rail, the complaint stated. She said she picked up the unconscious baby and called her mother, who told Hunter to call 911, according to the complaint.
During a second interview investigators conducted with Hunter on April 27, she "admitted that on the morning of April 26 … she repeatedly shook C.P., causing C.P.'s head to strike the wall," the complaint stated.
A search of a computer seized from Hunter's home revealed that between January and April, someone with access to the computer conducted several searches related to "shaken baby syndrome" and "baby hits back of head," according to the complaint. The first search was conducted Jan. 6, 2011 and the others on the morning of April 26.
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SBS: Virginia: Amy Hunter charged

10/24/2011 Maria Glod

A Quantico woman has been accused of shaking a baby in her care in April, causing fatal injuries to the nine-month-old girl, according to court papers.
Amy Hunter, who lived on the Marine Corps but was not a Marine, was charged earlier in October with second-degree murder in federal court in Virginia.
Hunter was caring for the baby, as well as her own young daughter, on April 26 when she called 911 and said the baby had “hit the back of her head really hard,”according to an affidavit written by Andrea David, special agent for the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
Hunter told authorities that she had gone to the bathroom and returned to find the baby standing and holding onto a chair. When she said the child’s name, Hunter said, the baby fell backwards and struck her head on a chair rail.
The baby suffered from skull fractures, swelling and other injuries, according to court papers. She was removed from life support on April 28.
In a follow-up interview, court papers say, Hunter admitted she “repeatedly shook” the child, causing the baby’s head to hit the wall. She said she also had shaken the baby about three weeks earlier.
A search of Hunter’s computer showed that between January and April someone had searched “shaken baby syndrome” and “baby hits back of head” several times, according to court papers.
Hunter’s lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment.

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