Caleb Bell Wrapped A 5-Week-Old Into a “Burrito” Roll, Placed Her Face Down & Left Her On The Couch Overnight

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Caleb Bell faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child and involuntary manslaughter.

Investigators say Bell wrapped the 5-week-old girl up in a tight blanket and left her on the couch overnight. Investigators say he found her dead the next morning. Investigators say the medical examiner found she was unable to breathe, likely because of an unsafe sleeping environment.

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Police say Caleb J. Bell wrapped the infant in a blanket — covering the child’s face with several layers of blanket — and placed her face-down on a couch which caused her to asphyxiate.

According to the probable cause statement, officers responded to a residence in Springfield on Nov. 8, 2024 to the report of a deceased person.

Bell allegedly told responding officers he had wrapped the baby into a “burrito” roll and placed her on the couch. Bell said he and another person, identified in the report as Witness 1, had stayed up late the night before.

Bell said he attempted to wake Witness 1 to care for the baby, and then he went to sleep.

Witness 1 woke up hours later and found the baby dead, wrapped in a blanket on the couch.

Both Bell and Witness 1 stated the baby did not have any serious health issues and had not been sick recently.

The Greene County Medical Examiner found the baby did not appear to have any serious health issues. The cause of death was listed as asphyxiation related to “unsafe sleep environment.”

In October 2024, approximately two weeks before the death of the five-week-old infant, Caleb Bell allegedly told an employee of the Springfield-Greene County Health Department that he placed the baby face-down when she was crying because it made the crying "quieter".

The health department employee, identified as Witness 2 in court documents, had immediately flagged safe sleep concerns during that at-home visit after finding the baby wrapped in several layers of blankets.

Investigators also reported additional statements from Bell. During a police interview, Bell demonstrated wrapping the infant tightly in what he called a "burrito" roll using a doll. The detective observed that this method resulted in around eight layers of blanket against the baby's face. Bell stated his intention was to wrap the baby tight enough to prevent movement while believing there was enough room to breathe.

When asked what he would have done differently on the morning of the infant's death, Bell allegedly expressed regret that he did not try harder to wake the other caregiver, saying he was focused on going to sleep.

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Police say Caleb J. Bell wrapped the infant in a blanket — covering the child’s face with several layers of blanket.

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In a post-Miranda interview, the caregiver demonstrated how she found the baby by using the baby’s blanket and a doll. The caregiver folded the blanket in half, and the doll was placed on the blanket with an equal amount of blanket extending past the doll’s head and feet. She then rolled the doll up in the blanket, completely enclosing the doll within it. She said she found the baby’s head side of the blanket crumpled against the back of the couch, further enclosing the baby in the wrap.

When Bell was asked to demonstrate how he wrapped the child. Bell’s way of rolling the doll in the blanket revealed that the doll had about eight layers of blanket against the doll’s face. Bell demonstrated placing the roll with the head end towards the back of the couch, approximately one to two inches from the back of the couch.

Bell told police he woke up the caregiver three different times and then went to sleep, thinking she got up to take care of the baby. The caregiver said she remembered Bell getting into bed, but did not recall Bell saying anything to her.

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He looks evil!

 

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he sure is evil looking