A babysitter has been charged causing serious injuries to child she was caring for and washing the baby’s clothes in an attempt to hide the evidence.
A criminal complaint says that Amanda Greger, 37, was caring for the girl overnight on November 9 at her mother’s home while the mother worked, WXIX reported. When the mom came home the next morning, her daughter was sleeping in a hoodie with what appeared to be blood and vomit stains.
The mother also noted the girl was lethargic and had bruises on her lip.
she took the child to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where staff called Goshen Township police with suspicions of child abuse because of the extend of the girl’s injuries.
The child had blood seeping from her right eye and a brain bleed.
Investigators obtained a search warrant for the mother’s home and found blood stains in one of the bedrooms. They learned, however, that Greger had washed the clothing the girl had been wearing, but stains were still visible on the clothes. The mother confirmed that the washed clothing was what her daughter had been wearing when she left.
According to WLWT, the 1-year-old baby girl remains under medical care.
Prosecutors said in court that Greger told police she consumed alcohol and was using THC and unprescribed muscle relaxers on the night she was carrying for the baby. She also said she didn’t recall what happened.
A GoFundMe set up to help the family with expenses says that Greger was a “lifetime friend” of the mother ” who had been “trusted to protect and keep her kids safe while she worked to provide for them.”
Greger was charged with two counts of child endangering and one count of tampering with evidence and was given a $500,000 cash bond. If she bonds out, she is ordered to stay away from children.
She is due in court again on December 1.
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[Featured image: Amanda Greger/Clermont County jail]
