Sentenced: Mother Injects 9MO Baby With Mystery Substance at Hospital, Leading to Cardiac Arrest

[Sugar Cookie]

A Columbus mother remains in the Franklin County jail on a charge of felonious asault after police say she injected her 9-month-old daughter with an unknown substance that critically injured the infant.

Stephanie Whitley, 26, was being held in the jail on no bond.

According to court records, the Columbus Division of Police Physical Abuse Unit was contacted Friday by Nationwide Children's Hospital about the 9-month-old infant, who was being treated there. Detective Andre Edwards reports in an affidavit that the child was in a hospital room with her parents when hospital personnel witnessed the mother inject an unknown substance into the child with a syringe.

The infant was taken to the hospital's intensive care unit, where she went into cardiac arrest and CPR had to be administered, court records state.

The girl remained in critical care treatment, where toxicology tests were likely done to determine what substance was injected into the child. However, what the substance was has not been publicly reported by police.

No charges have been filed against her husband.

Columbus mother jailed after injection puts 9-month-old daughter into cardiac arrest

Stephanie Whitley, 26, of Columbus, faces a felonious assault charge after injection critically injured her 9-month-old daughter

www.dispatch.com

 

[kitcatmcgee]

I have so many questions, has she been making that poor baby sick the entire time? Is it Munchhausen by proxy? Did she snap from taking care of a sick babe?

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Praying for this little Pudd

 

[Crazy Cat Lady]

I have so many questions, has she been making that poor baby sick the entire time? Is it Munchhausen by proxy? Did she snap from taking care of a sick babe?

I was wondering the same thing.

More questions: is her arm hurt, or did they put a sock on her so that she wouldn't mess with the IV? And the article says that the father was in the room when the "mother" injected her; he didn't think it was strange that she was injecting the baby?

 

[Satanica]

Ugh! I should’ve stuck to virtual paint by numbers to pass the time while waiting in the dentist office.

 

[Sejanus]

Inject carbon dioxide into her blood vessels.
Lots of it.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

STEPHANIE M WHITLEY

FEL ASSAULT
SB201 Min Yrs: 8.00

SB201 Max Yrs: 12.00


Next Offense: Consecutive

ENDANGER CHILD Definite/Term Yrs: 1.00


Next Offense: Consecutive


TAMPER W/EVIDENCE Definite/Term Yrs: 1.00


Sentence Information

Aggregate Sentence
2.00 HB86-5 + 8.00-12.00 SB201


Expected Release Date/Parole Eligibility Date
05/12/2033