Teen babysitter, 17, ‘murdered 3-month-old boy’ who died from shocking brain and skull injuries

A BABYSITTER in Texas is facing a murder charge after a baby she was minding suffered fatal brain and skull injuries. According to police, Tynia Johnson, 17, was with baby Ashton Smith alone for an hour last week before the 3 month old baby was found dead with severe bruising. Tynia Johnson was arrested on […]

A BABYSITTER in Texas is facing a murder charge after a baby she was minding suffered fatal brain and skull injuries.

According to police, Tynia Johnson, 17, was with baby Ashton Smith alone for an hour last week before the 3 month old baby was found dead with severe bruising.

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According to grieving mom Aspen Smith, her uncle dropped her off at work that morning before 6 a.m. and then took Ashton to his babysitter’s home in Dallas[/caption]

Tynia Johnson was arrested on Friday, just under a week after she took care of the 3 month old child.

Johnson was a family friend with two children of her own, and had previously babysat Ashton.

According to grieving mom Aspen Smith, her uncle dropped her off at work on the morning of Feb 16 before 6 a.m. and then took Ashton to his babysitter’s home in Dallas.

At around noon that day, the babysitter told Smith that the baby was “ill”, so Smith’s uncle drove to get the boy and, later, Smith, Fox reported.

Smith immediately noticed that the baby was covered in bruises and that his eyes were rolled back in his head.

Baby Ashton was rushed to hospital, where doctors confirmed that the baby died from a traumatic brain injury despite the babysitter’s claim that the baby was sick with a fever.

The boy died three days later, officials said.

 

Devastated mom Aspen said she misses her child but refused to talk about the incident involving the babysitter.

She said: “He was sweet. He would always smile a lot. He was my first child. Being with him, he showed me stuff in myself that I didn’t think I had in me.”