Amanda Walder. Photo from Codington County Jail via KWAT.
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KELO.com) — A Watertown woman has been arrested in connection with the death of a 16 month-old child in her care.
Watertown police were called to an in-home daycare in the 200-block of 15th Street Northwest just after 3:00 p.m. Wednesday on a report of a child that was unconscious.
Paramedics from Watertown Fire Rescue provided aid and transported the child to Prairie Lakes Hospital.
Authorities say the child’s injuries were consistent with abuse.
The child was later transferred to Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls and died.
Police arrested 30-year-old Amanda Walder on a charge of Abuse or Cruelty to a Minor. She’s being held at the Codington County Jail on $25,000 cash bond.
The child’s name has not been released.
Watertown police and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation are teaming up as part of an ongoing investigation.
(Mike Tanner, KWAT, contributed this report.)
