Cobb Mom Charged With Murder In Shaken Baby's Death: ICYMI

MARIETTA, GA -- A Cobb County woman remains behind bars after police say she shook her 10-month-old baby so violently that the child died. Sadai Higgenbotham is charged with three felonies -- murder, aggravated battery and cruelty to children, according to Cobb Sheriff's Office records.

Higgenbotham was arrested Aug. 6 in the death of her daughter, Laura, whose name is tattooed on one of her legs, jail records show. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

A police warrant obtained by local media says that Higgenbotham shook the baby at her Marietta apartment complex until the child suffered brain damage. But it's what allegedly happened next that has made the incident a high-profile case.

Higgenbotham was “aware something was not right with her child but refused to get the child any medical treatment,” investigators wrote in a warrant obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Another tenant of the apartment complex, Sidrick Melancon is charged in the case. Melancon faces charges of influencing a witness, according to jail records. He allegedly told Higgenbotham to lie to investigators, the AJC reports.

Image via Cobb County Sheriff's Office