Del. Child Care Worker Allegedly Smothered 4-Month-Old Baby Girl Who Wouldn't Stop Crying

Dejoynay Ferguson.Photo: Delaware State Police

A 19-year-old day care worker in Delaware has been charged with murder after allegedly smothering an infant who wouldn’t stop crying, say state police.

Ferguson allegedly “intentionally restricted her breathing until she became unresponsive,” state police say in the statement.

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The next day, Ferguson was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree murder.

She was arraigned in the Justice of the Peace Court and is being held at the Dolores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on $1 million cash bail.

A Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families spokesperson said the daycare facility had no “noncompliance issues” listed in its May inspection,The News Journalreports.

All of its employees, including Ferguson, had passed required background checks, the spokesperson said, The News Journalreports.

Ferguson has not yet entered a plea. It is unclear whether she has retained an attorney who can speak on her behalf.

Calls to the daycare center were not immediately returned.

source: people.com