“Huntington Beach Babysitter,” 15-Year-Old Murderess - California

 

 

FULL TEXT: Santa Ana – A 15-year-old babysitter has been convicted of second-degree murder after a trial in which prosecutors said she fatally kicked a 7-month-old child left in her care.

 

The babysitter “stomped and kicked the life out of Matthew Ballard … this is a clear case of second degree murder,” said Deputy District Attorney Mike Maguire.

 

Because she is a minor, the girl convicted Friday was tried without a jury by Orange County Superior Court Judge James Turner, who set sentencing for Dec. 14.

 

Maguire said the babysitter kicked Matthew Ballard on June 3 after the baby’s mother left him with the teen-ager at the mother’s Huntington Beach apartment.

 

[“Babysitter convicted of killing baby,” Santa Cruz Sentinel (Ca.), Nov. 4, 1984, p. B-14]

 

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