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When 8-month-old Reese Bowman was found unresponsive Tuesday at her day care center, a staffer told Baltimore police she had fed the baby, wrapped her in a blanket and put her down for a nap.
Video cameras at the Rocket Tiers Learning Center told a different story, police say.
Footage uncovered the next day showed 23-year-old Leah Walden covering the baby with "excessive blankets," which fully covered the child's head, said Criminal Investigations Chief Stanley Brandford.
She was also seen "violently snatching the child out of the crib with one arm, swinging at the baby as if she was slapping her, and placing pillows over the baby's face," Brandford said.