WARNING – DISTRESSING CONTENT: The baby fell from its mother’s arms during the fight in Georgia, USA
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/mum-charged-murder-after-dropping-18763289
A mum has been charged with the murder of her own baby- after she allegedly dropped the infant while fighting in a car park with another woman.
Prosecutors say disturbing CCTV footage shows Karen Harrison, wearing a bright red top and matching head scarf, holding the three-month-old tot in her arms.
A row breaks out between Harrison and another woman is standing beside a car, and the woman hits Harrison with her shopping bag around the head, close to the baby.
Suddenly Harrison drops the baby and the pair start grabbing at each others hair and throwing punches, police say.
Others can be seen in the footage, with one scooping up the baby, who is still wrapped in a white blanket, off the ground.
Meanwhile a man tries to step in to break up the fight in Moultrie, Georgia in the USA.
The baby was taken to hospital the next day, when Harrison is said to have lied to doctors about how she became injured.
She claimed the baby fell from the arms of a family frined. The baby later died from its injuries.
Lieutenant Freddie Williams, with the Moultrie Police Department, told WTXL: “We investigated the incident and determined the baby did not receive his injuries how it was reported.
“It was reported to us that the baby had fallen from the caregivers arms and received the injuries.
“Then we got information that there was a fight.”
He added: “This is very disturbing, that two adults would fight in public place. Especially while holding a three month old child in her arms.”
