Sentenced: Midvale Man Slammed 4MO's Head Into Elevator Wall Multiple Times To Get Her To "Shut Up"

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Unified police said officers were dispatched to the Road Home shelter in Midvale shortly before 8 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25, on reports of a 4-month-old girl who was not conscious, breathing, or responding.

Upon arrival, the child was immediately transported to Intermountain Medical Center and then transferred to Primary Children Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit where she remains incubated.

According to police, the child lives at the Road Home with her mother who was working DoorDash that day. The child was reportedly being babysat by 28-year-old Zachary Walton - a family friend.

Walton allegedly told police he became very frustrated around 6 p.m., at which point the baby “would not stop crying.”

Officers said Walton then decided to take the child upstairs to the roof where he could vape.

Walton told police that as the child continued to cry in the elevator he thought to himself, “How do I get her to shut up?”

According to the probable cause statement, Walton then struck the child’s head into the metal corner of the elevator. When she began to cry harder, he allegedly repeated this action, this time with more force.

“Zachary stated the four-month-old stopped crying and looked at him,” authorities stated. “Zachary said he thought to himself ‘What had I done.’”

Once Walton made it to the roof, he noticed the child had stopped breathing and her heart was stopped.

Walton told police he then attempted life-saving measures which were unsuccessful, and “after an extreme amount of time finally called the child’s mother and stated the child was not breathing.”

He then contacted one of his bunkmates at the Road Home who immediately found him and the child and told Walton to bring her downstairs where police would be arriving shortly.

While receiving medical care, it was determined that the child had suffered one skull fracture to the right side of her head and another to the left side. She was also found to have significant brain bleeds on the right side and middle of her brain.

Officers stated that doctors remain unsure if the child is going to improve or die, and that they are currently considering Brain Death testing.

Midvale babysitter facing murder charge after slamming infant's head into metal wall

A Midvale man was arrested on several felony charges, including murder, after allegedly slamming an infant’s head into the side of an elevator multiple times wh

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I'm beginning to believe that what goes around, comes around.

Maybe he needs a little common sense knocked into his head - over, and over, and over, and over...

 

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This is a homeless shelter.

Is family friend = Mom's boyfriend.

 

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February 2, 2026

Today, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced a Third District Court judge sentenced Zachary Jarred Walton, 30, to 15 years to life for the murder of an infant, S.S.

On August 25, 2024, the defendant was caring for S.S. at the Road Home Shelter in Midvale, where they both lived, while the infant's mother was at work. S.S.’s mom told police the defendant had cared for the baby on several occasions. The defendant told police that on August 25th, S.S. slept most the day, but she was awake and crying in the evening. The defendant decided to take the infant to the roof to calm her down, but he told police that when he got into the elevator, he hit her head twice using significant force. Video surveillance shows when the defendant got off the elevator at the roof, the infant’s head went limp, and he tried blowing in her face for around 17 minutes, as if he was trying to wake her up, before he took her down to the lobby, where she started to get medical attention and was eventually transported to the hospital.

At Primary Children’s Hospital an exam of S.S. shows she had skull fractures, intracranial hemorrhage, and both acute and healing rib fractures. While at the hospital S.S. was initially put on life support, but nearly two weeks later was taken off and died a short time later.

On December 8, 2025, the defendant plead guilty to one count of first-degree felony murder.


Today, a judge sentenced the defendant to 15 years to life for one count of first-degree felony murder.

A statement by the mother of S.S. was read by a representative of Utah Homicide Survivors at sentencing. In it she said she seeks justice for her daughter. Her mother talked about her daughter’s incredible intelligence, breathtaking beauty and infectious smile. S.S.’s mother said that she will show up and speak for S.S. the rest of her own life. The father of S.S. said that she gave his life purpose and motivation to be better than he had been before. He said she was full of life, love and potential.

Sentenced 15-life for infant's murder at family shelter

Sentenced 15-life for infant's murder at family shelter

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