MO Babysitter Arrested After 13-Month-Old Cape Girardeau Girl Found Mauled To Death By Pitbull

Erica Jordan of Cape Girardeau, has been named by police as the woman after a baby was found mauled to death Friday, March 9.

Jordan, 33, was charged on one count of the Class E felony of involuntary manslaughter in the second degree for acting with criminal negligence that resulted in the death of the 13-month-old girl on April 5th.

Reports say, Jordan brought along a pitbull to the residence of a family for which she was babysitting.

Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department said they were later called to a dog bite incident involving the death of a baby at 2:12 p.m on Friday, March 9.

Officers said they were dispatched to North Hanover in reference to a reported animal bite. When they arrived, officers discovered that a 13-month-old had been attacked by a dog that lived in the home. According to the probable cause statement, the mother of the baby stated that this incident happened the first week Jordan had babysat her children. source

The dog was a 6-7-year-old Pitbull Labrador Malamute mix named “Smokey”.

Smokey belonged to Jordan’s brother and she was taking care of the dog for him temporarily.

According to an interview with police, Jordan said the dog was not good with kids and the dog has “attacked” her son biting him in the head in the past. Jordan stated the dog had been neutered since the biting incident and she thought the dog had “calmed down”.

An autopsy revealed the baby had died from two puncture wounds to the skull, one of which caused a bone fragment that penetrated the brain.

The dog was impounded and transported to a shelter awaiting disposition to be euthanized as is protocol.

Judge Lewis issued a $5,000 bond for Jordan, who has since been arrested and has posted bond.