10-Year-Old Murder Suspect Sobs in Court Next to Mom After Allegedly Stomping on Baby's Head in a Panic

She appeared in court on Monday where she sobbed into her mother’s arms. She did not plead to the charge against her. She remains in jail in lieu of a $50,000 cash bond.

“She panicked and didn’t know what to do and didn’t want to get into trouble,” Newell said, “and then she proceeded to stomp on the 6-month-old’s head.”

A statement from the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office confirms the infant — who also has not been named — died on Thursday from injuries that were initially inflicted Oct. 30.

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It was just before 4 p.m. that day when dispatchers handled a call out of Tilden regarding an infant male who was bleeding from head and facial wounds.

Officers arrived at a day care run out of a home where they found the infant, who was subsequently transported to an area hospital and then airlifted to St. Paul, Minnesota.

In an interview with police, the woman who runs the day care said she had been watching six children, including the 10-year-old girl and the infant.

Chippewa County Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk tells PEOPLE the preteen suspect was in foster care before noting privacy concerns bar him from discussing the circumstances surrounding why the girl was removed from her biological parents’ care.

The girl’s mother and father did accompany her to court for Monday’s hearing, Kowalczyk says.

The day after the boy’s death, the girl “initially denied any intentional acts in harming the infant, but later confessed to her involvement,” sheriff’s officials allege.

It was unclear Tuesday if an attorney has been retained for her.

Kowalczyk says detectives are not considering charges against the day care provider but notes the investigation continues.

source: people.com