Mother would have made up her 11 -month -old baby's wounds by taking her dead to the hospital

A Washington woman, D.C., he declared himself guilty on Wednesday of voluntary homicide for the death of his 11 -month -old daughter, whom he wore in a pink blanket to the lifeless hospital, with makeup covering various wounds.

Tyra Monae Anderson, who will soon turn 29, took her daughter wounded to the Childrenfederal prosecutors, citing medical reports and an autopsy.

An autopsy revealed that "makeup or some type of cosmetic" had apparently applied to the body of Mackenzie Anderson to cover "multiple bruises in the head and face," added the Department of Justice.

“After a search order, cosmetics were recovered from the hotel room.The autopsy determined that the girl suffered from multiple bruises on the face and head, skull fractures and other injuries. ”.

But in her interrogation with the police, the young mother gave another explanation about cosmetics.

"I don't use makeup," said the defendant, according to an affidavit of the police of almost 40 pages."[Is] makeup in the room because children play with makeup".

Prosecutors illustrated the facts as follows:

Anderson, which resided in a hotel in the 1600 block of New York Avenue Ne, told the police that the baby fell out of the bed around February 3, 2020.He said that the girl "was not active and did not act like herself" the next day, and that on February 5 he was without air.Finally, on February 6, he said, he found that the girl did not respond and was cold to the touch.The woman assured that she did not seek immediate medical attention because she was afraid.

A long investigation resulted in the mother's arrest for many months later, on December 4, 2020.

The baby "suffered with multiple acute bruises on the face and head, acute skull fractures, a laceration in the upper frenulum, a laceration inside the left ear, pulmonary edema and bleeding in the bilateral optical nerve sleeve," theautopsy.Police reports also indicated that "the deceased had very little stomach content and had firm and dark stool in their intestines".Other witnesses reported having seen injuries on the baby a few days before the girl's death.Those injuries included a bump in the girl's head "and a crust in one of her hands.

Finally, the police indicated that he believed that the defendant "intentionally inflicted" the fatal injuries "and/or did not seek immediate medical treatment", thus being the last person who "caused the death of the deceased".

A section of the police report concluded, perhaps with excess of zeal, that Mackenzie was under the “exclusive care and custody of the accused during the week before his death”.

According to a press release, prosecutors were more cautious in their evaluation;They simply rationed that the defendant was the "main mother and caregiver" of the victim to satisfy legal causality and ensure a statement of guilt, although by a minor position.

Initially, the police tried to accuse the woman of serious homicide for childhood in the first degree;The guilt agreement resulted in a much smaller position of voluntary homicide.

The formal sentence is scheduled for March 31, 2022.

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