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Clarksville woman charged with killing her baby





Whitney Brown

Whitney Brown

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Clarksville police charged a Clarksville woman with killing her 2-month-old baby.

Police said on Jan. 9, paramedics took the the baby, who was unresponsive with a head injury, to Tennova Medical Center in Clarksville for treatment.

Paramedics then flew the child via LifeFlight helicopter to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville.

Three days later, detectives said the infant died from injuries received in the care of Whitney Brown, 19, the child’s mother.

Detectives presented the case to a Montgomery County grand jury in early April, and it returned with indictments against Brown.

On April 16, Metro Nashville police arrested Brown, and she was later taken to the Montgomery County Jail in Clarksville.

According to Montgomery County court filings, Brown was charged with multiple grand jury indictments, including aggravated child abuse, felony murder and aggravated child neglect.

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