Blaming the Babysitter

48 Hours

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3.9 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Thirteen-year-old Ashley Howes was a mother’s helper for Morningstar Garden, a family friend, over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend in 2005.  A change of plans put Ashley in sole charge of two children: five-year-old Madeline and 19-month-old Freya.  While Morningstar and her boyfriend Gracian Cline were out, Ashley said she heard a thud from the room where Freya was sleeping. On finding Freya in a fetal position groaning, Ashley called 911, and an ambulance rushed the child to a hospital where, two hours later, she was pronounced dead. “48 Hours" correspondent Harold Dow reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 9/9/2006. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.

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1:15.0	I like kids, you know.
1:19.0	It's not like you're babysitting them, it's like you're hanging out with them.
1:22.0	You could do things like play with dolls and not feel stupid.
1:25.0	On that weekend, I was babysitting,
1:29.0	Madeline and Freya.
1:31.0	Her name was Freya. Her name was Freya. She was 19 months old. As soon as she saw you, she would raise
1:38.8	her chubby little arms up to you so she could be swept up into your world. Her smile was intoxicating. She loves sweets. The messier the better.
1:47.0	I was supposed to like help out and like babysit only for a couple hours out of time.
1:55.0	When I walked in the house I had Freya in my arms.
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