Indiana Mother Facing Charges Over Nashville Death Of 7-Month-Old Daughter

BLOOMINGTON, IN. (THECOUNT) — Indiana mother, Anna Prewitt-Byers, is facing charges in connection with the death of her 7-month-old daughter.

Prewitt-Byers, 20, faces felony charges of aggravated battery and battery resulting in death of a person less than 14 years old over the death of her six-month baby.

The investigation started on April 18, after a child was brought in to IU Health Bloomington with severe injuries including massive hemorrhaging, abrasions, diffuse cerebral edema causing herniation, severe hemorrhages in retina, perioptic nerve soft tissue hemorrhage, left chin contusions, cerebellar hemorrhages, base of the brain hemorrhaging and blunt trauma injury to her chest. The child later died. source

Investigators believe the victim’s mother, 20-year-old Anna Prewitt-Byers, was responsible for these injuries.

An arrest warrant was issued for her on Wednesday and she was taken into custody on the same day.

Nashville is a town in southern Indiana. It’s best known as the center of the Brown County Art Colony, which formed in 1907. The T.C. Steele State Historic Site features the artist’s former home, plus paintings and a garden. In town, Brown County Art Gallery showcases other regional artists. Brown County Pioneer Village includes restored buildings and The Old Log Jail. Brown County State Park has forests and trails, according to wikipedia.