Girl, 10, charged with killing six month old baby by stamping on him

An American sheriff says a 10-year-old girl has been charged with murder after she dropped a 6-month-old baby and, when the infant cried, panicked and stomped on the child's head.

The girl appeared in restraints in Chippewa County Circuit Court for a bond hearing today. She is charged as an adult under Wisconsin law.

Prosecutors say first responders were called Oct. 30 to a licensed home day care near Chippewa Falls.

The baby was unresponsive and bleeding from the head.

The child died at a St. Paul hospital Nov. 1.

Chippewa County Sheriff James Kowalczyk says the girl , who lives with foster parents at the home, told investigators the baby’s head hit a footstool, and that she stomped on the baby’s head in panic when it cried.