JEFFERSONVILLE — Indiana State Police have arrested 35-year-old Brittany Baylor, a Jeffersonville resident and home-based childcare provider, on felony charges after a child in her care died in 2022.
The tragic investigation began in July of that year when the Jeffersonville Police Department requested asked ISP detectives to investigate the case of an unresponsive 6-month-old infant after officers from Jeffersonville initially responded to the scene, according to a news release from Sgt. Carey Huls with the Sellersburg Post.
Emergency medical service personnel initially rushed the child to Clark Memorial Hospital but ultimately transferred the child to Kosair’s Children’s Hospital (now Norton’s Children’s Hospital) in Louisville, Kentucky. The child died later that day.
ISP Detective Mike Bennett led the investigation, which included interviews with the parents and Baylor and speaking with pediatric doctors.
Bennett also attended an autopsy conducted by the Kentucky Medical Examiner’s Office. The final autopsy report stated the child’s death was due to a closed head injury sustained in an assault.
Bennett provided his completed report to the Clark County Prosecutor’s office in September 2022.
After receiving the report, the prosecutor’s office forwarded it for review to doctors at Norton’s Pediatric Protective Services. That report was returned to Detective Bennett in May of 2024, and the Clark County Circuit 4 Court issued a warrant for Brittany Baylor on Tuesday. The warrant listed the charges as:
-Aggravated battery resulting in death, a Level 1 felony.
-Neglect of a dependent resulting in death, a Level 1 felony.
Baylor was arrested Tuesday evening without incident and transported to the Clark County Jail.