Babysitter Jailed After Investigators Say She Left Toddler Without Food Or Water For 21 Hours Until Parents Returned Home

A babysitter will walk a twelvemonth successful jailhouse aft abusing a toddler successful her attraction by leaving her without nutrient aliases h2o for 21 hours astatine a clip — and even pretending to sprout nan hunger-stricken kid with a artifact weapon erstwhile she would cry.

Carly Webb, 21, was sentenced to a twelvemonth down bars connected Friday aft a judge recovered she had neglected and physically abused nan kid of a family friend whom she watched astatine their Bedford, Virginia, location betwixt October 2023 and January 2024, WDBJ 7 reported.

Parents Madison and Tyler told nan tribunal that Webb was a adjacent family friend and that they had trusted her erstwhile they hired her to watch their child, who was conscionable nether 2-years-old.

However, nan parents went to reappraisal footage taken connected nan surveillance cameras successful their location aft she made an offhand remark successful 2024 — only to uncover hours of abuse.

“When I saw nan videos, I couldn’t judge it,” nan heartbroken begetter said. “Thank God we had nan cameras.”

The small girl, who was conscionable nether 2-years-old, was excessively young to vocalize nan nightmare she had been near to strengthen while her parents were away, prosecutors said.

During nan trial, prosecutors presented hours of footage taken from wrong nan location showing Webb many times neglecting and physically abusing nan toddler.

Bedford County Investigator Michelle Alderson testified that she reviewed months’ worthy of footage showing Webb ignoring, mistreating and moreover physically assaulting nan child.

On immoderate days, nan toddler would spell up to 21 hours without nutrient aliases h2o while successful Webb’s care. She would besides beryllium near successful her crib unsocial for up to 9 hours, prosecutors said.

Footage showed Webb throwing retired nutrient and drinks nan toddler’s mother had near prepared for her.

The footage besides showed Webb eating successful beforehand of nan child, and astatine times, kicking, hitting aliases taunting her. She would besides telephone her vulgar names, including “an effing b,” prosecutors said, according to WDBJ 7.

Prosecutors besides accused Webb of pretending to sprout nan defenseless kid pinch a artifact weapon arsenic nan kid cried.

Webb’s lawyers based on that while nan footage was disturbing, her behaviour was not astatine nan level of felony neglect aliases abuse, arsenic nan kid didn’t prolong visible injuries aliases require aesculapian treatment.

However, Bedford County Judge James Updike powerfully disagreed, saying that successful his 47 years connected nan bench, he had ne'er seen a lawsuit pinch truthful overmuch maltreatment caught connected video, according to nan report.

While Webb had pleaded blameworthy to 5 of nan 17 charges against her, Updike recovered her blameworthy connected each 17 charges, which includes 1 felony.

The judge sentenced Webb connected 1 count of felony kid maltreatment to 5 years, 4 of that suspended. She was besides sentenced connected 5 misdemeanors, pinch that clip moving concurrently pinch nan felony offense. In total, Webb was sentenced to 9 years, but will only service 12 months down bars.