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Babysitter, 11, Accused of Murdering Toddler

'I never said goodbye,' says heartsick mom

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 22, 2010 3:21 AM CDT

(Newser) – A Georgia mother has accused her 11-year-old babysitter of beating her 2-year-old daughter to death. Ashlea Collier said when she arrived to pick up her daughter, Zyda, she was "blue" and lying on a bed. The young babysitter said the baby had fallen, but an autopsy revealed the little girl had died of blunt force trauma. "I'm upset I didn't tell my baby I loved her before she left," said Collier, 23. "I think this girl should do life in prison."

Collier said she thought the babysitter's mother, a co-worker, would be with her daughter, and never intended to leave her child solely in the care of an 11-year-old girl. Sandy Springs police are continuing to investigate, and are treating the case as a homicide, reports ABC News.

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'I'm upset I didn't tell my baby I loved her before she left,' said her heartsick mom.
'I'm upset I didn't tell my baby I loved her before she left,' said her heartsick mom.   (?Sikachu!)
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taylorsg
Sep 24, 2010 3:32 AM CDT
OMG Okay this is a horribly sad story, but why would you leave a child with an eleven year old? and Im sorry but even if you thought the mother was going to be there, you should have known FOR SURE before just leaving the child....=/ this babysitter is eleven years old...she can't go to prison for life!! She's still a child.....what the heck.
dawnarun
Sep 22, 2010 2:10 PM CDT
Stupid 23 year old mother, leaves house without the mother of 11-year old sitter being present, claims she thought it would be otherwise... Now wants life for the 11 year old child. How dumb can you be?
LK789
Sep 22, 2010 6:17 AM CDT
I see a lot of people freaking out on the 11 yr old part of the story. If you look into it, the mother of the 11 yr old was (supposed) to have been there as well. This was a girl in training to be a babysitter. Hospitals here in Indiana have classes for young people at that age to learn about babysitting as the legal age to be a babysitter here is 12. It's not that uncommon. The mother of the 11 yr old is at fault here.
 

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