The 23-year-old is charged with murder, assault, child abuse
and reckless endangerment in the death of Reese Bowman at Rocket Tiers Learning
Center on Tuesday, Baltimore Police said in a statement.
“Reese Bowman, in my opinion, was tortured,” said Col.
Stanley Brandford, the chief of the police department’s criminal investigations
division.
Brandford told Baltimore Sun that the video shows Walden
using “excessive blankets, which fully covered the child’s head, violently
snatching the child out of the crib with one arm, swinging at the baby as if
she was slapping her, and placing pillows over the baby’s face.” Walden also
walked out camera range several times while holding the baby.
Police took Walden into custody early Thursday. Court
records for her case were not yet available online to show whether she had
obtained an attorney.
Police said officers were called to the day care Tuesday
afternoon for a report of a baby not breathing. Medics performed CPR on the
infant, who was taken to the University of Maryland Medical Center and
pronounced dead a short time later. Brandford said there were no obvious signs
of trauma, but detectives started a routine investigation.
Brandford said Walden told them she fed the baby, wrapped
her in a blanket and put her down for a nap. The management of Rocket Tiers
alerted police to the video, which told a different story, Brandford said.
Reese was awake at the time; another baby in the same room
with Walden and Reese was not hurt.
Reese’s family released a statement saying they were
suffering “tremendous pain” and asking for privacy, news outlets reported.
“Our hearts are broken. No family should ever have to
experience the loss of a child under any circumstances,” the statement said
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