ROY, Utah (AP) - Roy police say they’ve arrested a daycare operator in the death of an 8-month-old boy she was caring for.
Authorities say Tisha Morley was arrested on suspicion of child abuse homicide and is being held in the Weber County jail on $100,000 bail.
Police say the child and his 3-year-old brother were dropped off Feb. 19 at the Tots and Tykes Daycare in Roy. Authorities say that when their father arrived to pick them up, the baby was cold and wouldn’t wake up.
Doctors determined he had a skull fracture and brain trauma that apparently came from shaking. He succumbed to his injuries about a week later.
Authorities say Morley continued providing childcare even after her license was suspended.
Police say another child there suffered a fracture last month.
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