Wearing a dark-green jail jumpsuit with her hair in tight braids, Brittany C. Chambers stood silently next to her attorney, Kerry Connor, as Connor entered her not guilty plea and confirmed with the Lake Superior Court her upcoming court dates. Chambers has been charged with level 1 felony neglect of a dependent resulting in death and Level 6 felony neglect of a dependent in the death of her daughter, Elliana, whose funeral was June 29.
Relatives of Elliana’s father were in court Tuesday but declined comment.
According to the probable cause affidavit, police arrived at a residence in the 700 block of South Main Street June 21, where they met Chambers, who was holding the infant and said the baby was not breathing. According to the affidavit, the baby was cold to the touch and was in rigor mortis.
According to the affidavit, an autopsy showed the infant had four broken ribs, both shoulders were dislocated, a fractured C1 vertebrae, hematoma on both lungs, multiple injuries all over the cranium including a fracture on the rear of the cranium that caused a hematoma and extensive blood on the rear of the brain just outside the fracture.
Police said in the affidavit that the injuries were caused by blunt force trauma and were done recently.
The affidavit also stated that
The safety plan was put into place after a suspicious injury to the baby that required hospitalization, according to police.
Police said that Chambers told them she was with her boyfriend and the baby on June 20 and 21 and she left the baby alone with the boyfriend while she left with a friend.
Police said Chambers did that knowing that she violated the safety plan put in place by the DCS.
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