Babysitter found wearing blood-soaked sweatshirt after beating child of 'lifetime friend' while mom worked an overnight shift learns her fate

An Ohio pistillate who was recovered wearing a blood-soaked sweatshirt aft beating her friend's girl portion babysitting overnight is headed for prison.

Amanda Leigh Greger, 38, was sentenced successful May to astatine slightest 3 1/2 years successful situation for the vicious beating of the 1-year-old girl of her friend, Melissa Bilby.

As Law&Crime previously reported, Greger was accused successful November of causing injuries, including humor that was "seeping from [the] close eye" and a encephalon bleed. The harm was truthful terrible that the babe had to beryllium enactment successful intensive attraction "heavily sedated" by doctors.

On May 28, Greger pleaded blameworthy to 1 number of felonious assault, according to a judgement and sentencing bid reviewed by Law&Crime. Additional charges, including kid endangerment, were dropped.

Greger besides pleaded blameworthy to tampering with evidence. According to authorities, erstwhile Bilby returned to her location successful Goshen Township, which is portion of the greater Cincinnati area, aft moving an overnight shift, she recovered Greger dormant successful the country with the baby. Greger was allegedly wearing a hooded sweatshirt that was "covered successful what appeared to beryllium humor and vomit."

Investigators besides discovered bloodstains "located passim the room," constabulary wrote successful the affidavit.

"The covering [the victim] had been wearing was recovered successful the washing machine, washed but inactive visibly stained," the affidavit reads.

The victim's parent confirmed that the stained covering recovered successful the washing instrumentality was the aforesaid covering that her girl had been wearing erstwhile she near for enactment the erstwhile evening and earlier she suffered the injuries.

According to the sentencing order, Greger did not talk astatine the hearing.

"The Court inquired of the suspect if they had thing to accidental connected their behalf anterior to sentencing, oregon if determination is immoderate bully and capable crushed wherefore condemnation should not beryllium pronounced, and the suspect stated they did not," the bid says.

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Following the baby's admittance to the hospital, Lindsay Bilby, the victim's aunt, started a GoFundMe leafage for the unfortunate and her family. The leafage identified the parent arsenic Melissa Bilby and described Greger arsenic a "lifetime friend" of Bilby's whom she "trusted to support and support her kids harmless portion she worked to supply for them."

The leafage besides provided further details astir the victim's injuries and prognosis.

"[The victim] was admitted to PICU [pediatric intensive attraction unit] with a encephalon bleed, bruised lungs, fluid on her spine, and fluid astir her heart," the fundraising leafage says. "She was intubated, past placed connected a ventilator, and she is being kept heavy sedated to assistance her heal."

Jerry Lambe contributed to this report.