SUITLAND, Maryland—An 11-year-old girl has been charged in the death of a toddler who was left alone with while her own mother, who was babysitting the boy, ran an errand, police in Maryland announced on March 1.
The children’s families were friends and the mother of 1-year-old Paxton Davis of Washington left him with the girl’s family on Saturday night, Prince George’s County police said. The next morning, the girl’s mother ran an errand, leaving the children alone at the Suitland home.