Woman already charged with killing infant accused of causing ‘severe’ injuries to 2nd baby

A 26-year-old child caretaker in Florida already facing murder and child abuse charges for allegedly killing an infant in her care has been charged with severely injuring a second young child, authorities say

Haley Marie Barclay, who was already in custody and charged with first-degree murder and multiple child abuse charges, has been hit with an additional charge of aggravated child abuse in connection with the second child’s injuries, a first-degree felony, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

“It is completely sickening to learn this woman, who treated one infant so gruesomely that it resulted in death, was also responsible for the severe physical injuries of another baby,” Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement. “I applaud our detectives for continuing this investigation as we seek justice for all victims.”

According to an affidavit of probable cause, deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at about 6:35 a.m. on April 17 responded to John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg in reference to a child abuse investigation.

Upon arriving at the scene, authorities say that the victim underwent a CT scan which showed a skull fracture, subdural hematoma (bleeding in the space between the skull and the brain), and subarachnoid hemorrhage (bleeding in the space surrounding the brain). The injuries required emergency surgery in which doctors had to “insert a drain” into the child’s skull, the affidavit states.

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