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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 6551" data-source="post: 1354272" data-attributes="member: 6551"><p><a href="http://examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2010/11/08/news/news139.txt" target="_blank">http://examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2010/11/08/news/news139.txt</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>BREAKING NEWS:</p><p></p><p>Monday, November 8, 2010 3:28 PM CST</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Charges Changed: Mother of infant killed in washing machine charged with child neglect</p><p></p><p>By Tim Hudson</p><p></p><p>E-E County Reporter</p><p></p><p>A Bartlesville woman arrested in the death of her 10-day-old infant last week has been formally charged with child neglect.</p><p></p><p>Police had arrested 26-year-old Lyndsey Dawn Fiddler on Friday on charges of second degree manslaughter, but prosecutors said today that Fiddler is only being charged with child neglect.</p><p></p><p>“We anticipate additional charges will be filed,” District Attorney Rick Esser said today at Fiddler’s initial appearance on the charges.</p><p>Kesha Gray</p><p></p><p>Esser indicated that he was frustrated because some information had been given to media outlets but presumably not the district attorney’s office.</p><p></p><p>“We hope they (the Bartlesville Police Department) will give this to us first,” he said referring to information pertaining to the case.</p><p></p><p>According to a probable cause affidavit filed in the case, at around 7:42 p.m. Nov. 4, police received a report that a baby had been found in a washing machine by her great-aunt at a residence in the 500 block of Southeast Shawnee Avenue.</p><p></p><p>The woman reportedly told police that the child’s mother, Fiddler, had been incoherent and that she had been “hearing things that weren’t being said,” according to the affidavit. She further said that Fiddler “had been up for three days doing what she believed to be methamphetamine.”</p><p></p><p>She reportedly said that at one point Fiddler put the baby to bed and then “passed out in a chair.” The woman said that she later went back to check on the baby but could not find her and tried unsuccessfully to awaken Fiddler, the affidavit states.</p><p></p><p>She reportedly then said that Fiddler finally woke up and she asked her, “where’s the baby?” just as the washing machine came on. She reported that the washer sounded like it was in the spin cycle and that it was unbalanced. When she went to check on the washer, she noticed that the “ten day old infant, mixed in with the laundry” was inside, the report states. She said that she immediately knew that the child was dead.</p><p></p><p>When questioned by police, Fiddler denied “knowing how her baby got placed into the washing machine” and said that she had taken five hydrocodone pills earlier in the day, according to the affidavit. She reportedly denied that she used methamphetamine “anymore.”</p><p></p><p>A drug screen administered by police, however, reportedly returned positive for “methamphetamine, amphetamines, benzodiazepine, and opiates.”</p><p></p><p>According to the affidavit, “based on the unlawful death of infant child (initials removed) a ten day old child, caused by the culpable negligence of Lyndsey Dawn Fiddler,” authorities arrested her for second degree manslaughter.</p><p></p><p>Two other children were reportedly removed from Fiddler’s home by the Department of Human Services following the incident.</p><p></p><p>Fiddler remains in the Washington County Jail on $100,000 bond.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 6551, post: 1354272, member: 6551"] [url]http://examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2010/11/08/news/news139.txt[/url] BREAKING NEWS: Monday, November 8, 2010 3:28 PM CST Charges Changed: Mother of infant killed in washing machine charged with child neglect By Tim Hudson E-E County Reporter A Bartlesville woman arrested in the death of her 10-day-old infant last week has been formally charged with child neglect. Police had arrested 26-year-old Lyndsey Dawn Fiddler on Friday on charges of second degree manslaughter, but prosecutors said today that Fiddler is only being charged with child neglect. “We anticipate additional charges will be filed,” District Attorney Rick Esser said today at Fiddler’s initial appearance on the charges. Kesha Gray Esser indicated that he was frustrated because some information had been given to media outlets but presumably not the district attorney’s office. “We hope they (the Bartlesville Police Department) will give this to us first,” he said referring to information pertaining to the case. According to a probable cause affidavit filed in the case, at around 7:42 p.m. Nov. 4, police received a report that a baby had been found in a washing machine by her great-aunt at a residence in the 500 block of Southeast Shawnee Avenue. The woman reportedly told police that the child’s mother, Fiddler, had been incoherent and that she had been “hearing things that weren’t being said,” according to the affidavit. She further said that Fiddler “had been up for three days doing what she believed to be methamphetamine.” She reportedly said that at one point Fiddler put the baby to bed and then “passed out in a chair.” The woman said that she later went back to check on the baby but could not find her and tried unsuccessfully to awaken Fiddler, the affidavit states. She reportedly then said that Fiddler finally woke up and she asked her, “where’s the baby?” just as the washing machine came on. She reported that the washer sounded like it was in the spin cycle and that it was unbalanced. When she went to check on the washer, she noticed that the “ten day old infant, mixed in with the laundry” was inside, the report states. She said that she immediately knew that the child was dead. When questioned by police, Fiddler denied “knowing how her baby got placed into the washing machine” and said that she had taken five hydrocodone pills earlier in the day, according to the affidavit. She reportedly denied that she used methamphetamine “anymore.” A drug screen administered by police, however, reportedly returned positive for “methamphetamine, amphetamines, benzodiazepine, and opiates.” According to the affidavit, “based on the unlawful death of infant child (initials removed) a ten day old child, caused by the culpable negligence of Lyndsey Dawn Fiddler,” authorities arrested her for second degree manslaughter. Two other children were reportedly removed from Fiddler’s home by the Department of Human Services following the incident. Fiddler remains in the Washington County Jail on $100,000 bond. [/QUOTE]
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