Left: Kimberley Mills. Right: Andre Walker (Tavares Police Department).
A Florida mom and her male companion are facing child abuse charges after they allegedly showed up to the hospital with a boy who wasn’t breathing — and was also suffering from burns, bruises and other injuries in various stages of healing.
Now the mother, 37-year-old Kimberley Mills, is behind bars while cops search for 36-year-old Andre Walker, a press release from the Tavares Police Department said.
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Mills and Walker showed up at Advent Health Waterman hospital around 10 p.m. Saturday with the mother doing CPR on the boy and Walker running inside to alert staff that they needed help. Nurses immediately started rendering emergency care to the boy.
“Both Kimberley and the male left the hospital after learning that law enforcement was responding to the hospital, all while the juvenile was undergoing CPR in the Emergency Department,” cops wrote.
Mills returned to the hospital after a “short period of time” with another child but Walker never came back, police said. Mills allegedly refused to give cops information about Walker’s whereabouts or even identify him. Eventually, she gave up Walker’s name to the Department of Children and Families and authorities issued an arrest warrant for accessory after the fact to aggravated child abuse, according to cops.
Detectives searched Mills’ home and collected “pertinent pieces of evidence” and confirmed Walker’s identity. Cops are still searching for Walker. He’s described as approximately 5’6” tall with a slender build. Walker also has facial hair with a dark mustache and a gray beard. He may be driving a silver 2022 Toyota Tacoma SR5 with Florida license plate number EQUU98.
Cops arrested Mills for aggravated child abuse and took her to the Lake County Jail without bond. Department of Children and Families officials took custody of Mills’ other child. The boy remains in critical condition. A probable cause that would detail how the boy suffered the injuries was not immediately available.
