MILWAUKEE, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Wisconsin authorities have charged a homeless babysitter in the death of a 6-month-old girl.
Darius Woodley allegedly killed Dekia Mattox and stuffed her body under a mattress while he was watching her in a squalid Milwaukee cottage early Saturday.
Woodley, who was described as a homeless drug abuser, was an acquaintance of the child's 15-year-old mother. Woodley was at the home drinking and doing drugs with the boyfriend of Dekia's great-aunt while the two women were out.
Investigators say the man with whom Woodley was allegedly partying said he went out for a time and returned to find Woodley passed out on the bed. He discovered the baby under the mattress.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said Wednesday the state-run Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare was conducting an internal investigation into the role social workers played in the family's situation.
