Sentenced: More Children Abused; Little Lovey Daycare Owner Charged In 4MO Infant's Death

[Sugar Cookie]

A Dunwoody daycare owner has been charged with murder in connection to the death of a 4-month-old baby.

According to the Dunwoody Police Department, 45-year-old Amanda Harris Hickey was arrested Friday, Feb. 5.

Police said officers along with the DeKalb County Fire Department were called to Little Lovey daycare on Wednesday just before 4 p.m. about a child who was unresponsive.

"Officers arrived within minutes and began resuscitation efforts on the four-month-old infant," police said in the news release. "DeKalb County Paramedics arrived and transported the infant to an area hospital where the infant was later pronounced deceased."

Dunwoody Police charged Hickey, who they said was the owner of the daycare, with felony murder and cruelty to children.

Dunwoody daycare owner charged with murder in 4-month-old's death, police say

According to the Dunwoody Police Department, 45-year-old Amanda Harris Hickey was arrested Friday, Feb. 5.

www.wtsp.com

 

[Sejanus]

She has a fundamental misunderstanding of what providing daycare should consist of.

 

[RavagesTheCabbages]

Wonder what happened exactly? Supposedly she had impeccable reviews and recommendations and Dunwoody is a fairly bougie suburb of ATL. If she is responsible for this baby's death her head will roll. Figuratively. (Literally we can only wish for)

 

[Inferus]

Little Lovey gonna be doing a lotta time.

 

[Symmachus]

This website has no shortage of daycare disaster stories. Quite sad that there are people who commit this tragic type of malpractice.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Children are not safe in the home, daycare, school and streets.

Times are a changing and not for the better

 

[Sugar Cookie]

According to her arrest warrant, Hickey was watching eight or nine other children at the time of the infant's death, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. She allegedly told investigators she put the infant down for a nap on his back in a "Pack N' Play" at around 1:45 p.m. She allegedly told investigator she didn't check on him again until 3:45 p.m., and said he must have rolled over onto his stomach, the warrant reportedly states.

However, surveillance footage obtained by investigators allegedly shows the 45-year-old putting the infant face-down in the crib.

"He does crawl a bit but stopped around 1:45," an officer wrote in the warrant, according to the Journal-Constitution.

According to state records, Hickey's is licensed to look after a maximum of six children at a time. The video allegedly captured "other actions which are under investigation," the paper reports.

Police have not revealed any additional information in the infant's death. Police have not spoken about his cause of death or his identity.

Daycare Owner Charged with Murder After Video Allegedly Shows Her Putting Baby Face-Down in Crib

 

[RavagesTheCabbages]

Ahhhh, she certainly deserves blame. Greedy ass should've stayed within her allotted safe children capacity and maybe she would've been more attentive rather than become overwhelmed and haphazard with her charges.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A Dunwoody daycare owner was denied bond during a hearing Thursday and court records show she is also now facing several more felony charges for alleged child cruelty.

Amanda Hickey was originally arrested on Feb. 5 by Dunwoody Police for a charge of felony murder and a single count of 2nd-degree child cruelty, following the death of a four-month-old boy.

During her bond hearing Thursday, prosecutors described the four additional counts of child cruelty Hickey is now charged with. The counts are described in warrants obtained by 11Alive and are based on video recordings from within the daycare on the same day as the 4-month-old boy's death, according to an officer with the Dunwoody Police department.

The warrants describe four separate incidents involving four other children.

In one warrant Hickey is accused of holding a 7-month-old with one hand by the child’s leg and letting go of him while he was upside down. “The infant then falls onto his face and head into the bottom of the pack and play,” the investigator wrote in the warrant.

In a second warrant, Hickey is accused of handling a 14-month-old with force on two occasions. First, the officer writes she grabbed the child by the shoulder and “forces the infant to lay down, by shoving her forward where the infant's face hits the mesh wall of the pack and play. This was done with such force the pack and play shifts.”

On the same date and involving the same child, the officer claims Hickey entered the room, grabbed a “fist full” of the 14-month-old’s hair, and forced the “infant to lay down by pulling the infant by the hair forward and downward. The infant strikes the bottom of the pack and play.” The defendant is also seen “carrying the infant by the neck and arm causing the infant’s face to turn red.”

In a third warrant, Hickey is described as feeding a 10-month-old, then picking him up by one arm and setting him on the floor in front of her “with force,” as the child lands on his side. Then the officer describes Hickey lifting the child off the floor again by one arm, swinging him forward and releasing him “causing the infant's head, neck and upper back to strike the hard surface. It's obvious the child is screaming at the time” the warrant reads.

In the fourth warrant, an interaction between a 6-month old and Hickey is described, where she picks up the child with her hands under the infant’s armpits. As she raises the child up Hickey is accused of twice shaking the child in an “up and down motion.” She then according to an investigator drops the infant into a bouncer and drops a blanket on top of the bouncer and infant. The investigator wrote, “The infant is left there crying.”

Hickey's initial warrant for the murder charge that led to her arrest presents the evidence police claim details the death of the 4-month-old boy.

Dunwoody daycare owner charged with murder denied bond, now facing additional counts of child cruelty

45-year-old daycare owner Amanda Hickey was denied bond on Feb. 18 by DeKalb County Judge Stacey K. Hydrick.

www.11alive.com

 

[RavagesTheCabbages]

Ah, she is CRUEL on top of being a greedy, cash-grabbing, license-dodging overcrowder of small children who got pissy because she overwhelmed herself. Dumb and mean, b! (Trying to cut back on my cursing)

 

[Granmaw]

House of Horrors. That bitch needs the exact same things done to her. I would bet my life these were not the only incidents where she tortured those wee babies. Evil bitch. Just evil. I hope she finds out what pain really is SOON.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A former Dunwoody day care owner has been indicted on murder charges more than a year after a 4-month-old child died under her care, officials said.

The district attorney's office said a grand jury returned its 20-count indictment Tuesday in a DeKalb County court for charges against Amanda Hickey, including murder in the second degree, cruelty to children in the first degree, cruelty to children in the second degree, simple battery and reckless conduct.

Jurors delivered their decision in connection with the death of a 4-month-old boy. The child was found dead in his crib on Feb. 3, 2021, at Hickey's Little Lovey home day care.

Investigators said the infant had been placed down for a nap on his stomach, against medical recommendation for a child of his age. Video shows the child was left unsupervised for more than two hours before he was found.

Authorities said they also uncovered other alleged abuse against six other victims in the day care center involving children six months to 16 months old. Hickey is accused of holding a 7-month-old with one hand by the leg and letting go of him while he was upside down, causing the child to fall on his face, records show. On a different occasion, investigators said Hickey also grabbed a 14-month-old by the hair forcing them to lay down, according to a warrant.

Investigators also noted Little Lovey was licensed to care for a maximum of six children but on the date of the alleged incidents, the day care was at nearly double capacity.

The state ordered an emergency closure of Hickey's facility and is no longer in operation.

Dunwoody day care owner indicted on murder charges following baby's death

A DeKalb County grand jury indicted Amanda Hickey following the death of a four-month-old boy.

www.11alive.com

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A judge sentenced 48-year-old Amanda Hickey to 35 years, with 30 years to be served behind bars and five on probation. A grand jury indicted Hickey on murder charges last year after a 4-month-old child was found dead in his crib on Feb. 3, 2021, at her Little Lovey home day care.

Also included in her sentence, the judge said once Hickey is released, she can't have contact with the victims or their families, she can't contact or work with any children under the age of 13 and she can't gain financially from the case.

Dunwoody day care owner sentenced after infant's 2021 death

Amanda Hickey was the former owner of Little Lovey.

www.11alive.com

 

[Ella Mayo]

 

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