Infant ‘wedged’ between mattress and couch cushion suffocates, parents face murder charges

Inset, top to bottom: Kiara Davis and Miguel Badillo (Muscogee County Jail). Background: The home where the victim died (WTVM).

Inset, top to bottom: Kiara Davis and Miguel Badillo (Muscogee County Jail). Background: The home where the victim died (WTVM).

The parents of an 8-month-old girl in Georgia are accused of killing their daughter, who suffocated to death after allegedly becoming “wedged” between a couch cushion and mattress inside of a filthy home that was covered in animal feces and insects.

Miguel Badillo, 24, and Kiara Davis, 27, were taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with one count each of second-degree murder and second-degree child cruelty in the death of their daughter Ellie, authorities announced. They were also charged with one count of possession of drug-related objects.

According to a news release from the Columbus, Georgia, Police Department, officers on Sept. 27, 2024, responded to a residence in the 4300 block of Rosemont Drive regarding a report of a deceased 8-month-old girl.

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