The charges against Tiffany Axelson were dropped in September 2008 after a judge concluded that the baby was injured, but couldn’t say for sure by whom. Given insufficient evidence against a single perpetrator, the charges against Axelson were dismissed. The case was left open so that charges can be refiled in the future, but for now, Tiffany Axelson has not been convicted of any crime in relation to this case. Suspicion has fallen on Axelson and on the child’s mother, whose name has not been released.
Salina, KS - That’s what the mood on her Myspace profile says. And it’s probably true, or else she wouldn’t have shaken a baby. Tiffany Axelson, 24, was arrested on Monday after an investigation into injuries suffered by an eight-month-old baby boy in her care.
On April 28 at about 4:00 p.m., Axelson called 911 to report that a baby boy was breathing, but unresponsive, at her home day care. The infant was one of Tiffany’s day care kids, not her own child. The baby was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he was having seizures. The baby was then flown out to a larger hospital in Wichita, where his condition eventually was stabilized. He has now been released and is back at home.
However, during the medical assessments of the baby’s injuries, it was determined that the baby boy was hurt during the hours he was in Tiffany Axelson’s care. It was also determined that the injuries were likely caused by shaking.
So what happened? Did Tiffany Axelson shake the brains out of this baby, or did she leave the baby alone long enough for a child to do it? Could a child even cause the kind of injuries suffered? I’m betting we’ll hear a lot of “oops, he fell down” or “let’s blame the other kids” or “you don’t even know her, why don’t you STFU and don’t judge” out of this one.
Tiffany Axelson has been charged with aggravated battery and child abuse. She’s already bonded out of the Saline County Jail. Here’s hoping we’ll get Tiffany and Co. here to tell us what happened.
45 responses so far ↓
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mpratt
May 14, 2008 at 11:42 am -WHAT the FLUCK?? I don’t understand people….
BASIC PARENTING/CARE GIVER 101
When frustrated, place the baby in a safe area; crib, pack -n-play, walk away and regain your composure…
Fat ass biotch, come over here and shake the fluck out of you!!!!!
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carol13
May 14, 2008 at 11:45 am -myspace is private, but we do get this little bit off the page:
“the news has it sooooo wrong!!!!!!! Only the people who truely know me know the truth!!”
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KAEB
May 14, 2008 at 11:50 am -“Tiffany the news has it sooooo wrong!!!!!!! Only the people who truely know me know the truth!!”
That’s what her myspace says — well then TIFF why don’t you tell us what really happened?
However it happened…she was in charge. She was responsible. If my baby was at daycare and that happened, I would look to the caregiver for answers. Whether it was herself or someone else under her care who hurt the baby…she was the person responsible.
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mpratt
May 14, 2008 at 12:11 pm -you both are soo correct…. You (Tiffany) are responsible for any child left in your care…
To busy watching TV?
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MISSIG
May 14, 2008 at 12:27 pm -<JESUS, IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER. STUPID FAT BITCH.
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Peeperann
May 14, 2008 at 12:28 pm -Oh please! We don’t have it wrong, she was in charge!! If it wasn’t her (which i’m betting it was) that just means she left that baby with someone strong enough to seriously hurt him! Where the hell was she when this happened then? I hate these people who hurt babies! They deserve a special place in Hell!!
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mom of 4
May 14, 2008 at 12:53 pm -Where ever have I heard this before?? Bitch please if you are going to run a daycare in your house then your fucking job is to CARE for the children period!
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carol13
May 14, 2008 at 2:10 pm -Did you notice the “sooooo wrong!!!!!!!!” because you know that if you use more vowels and exclamation points it makes it true, right?
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carie215
May 14, 2008 at 2:37 pm -Damn! No My Space stalking w/ this one…double damn. I love giving these morons hell on there. So the next step for the authorities would be to take her children, correct?! Duh. And condemn the day “care”…some care that child got.
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Mattimus Rex
May 14, 2008 at 3:06 pm -Whoa, wait a minute… Since when are you not supposed to shake babies?
Seriously though, take away the fact that she’s ugly, or that she looks like she just woke up, she just looks like a mean unhappy person.
People don’t leave their kids with me, because, well I kinda look like a mean unhappy person.
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ImmortalOne
May 14, 2008 at 4:57 pm -*Crosses off steak from the next shopping trip and more Ramen Noodles* Yup… Mr IO is going to be home with baby IO for a LOOOONG time…. yup yup
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jgosselin
May 17, 2008 at 8:41 pm -13
jgosselin
May 17, 2008 at 8:59 pm -Well where do I begin, do any of you all know Tiffany Axelson, Do you know that she is very pregnant and can’t even carry of pick up her own 2 children? Let me tell you all something, do you guys not have anything better do? I know Tiffany really well, in fact she is my cousin and is sitting in my living room right now. Believe what you want but when this is all said and done you are all going to look like a bunch of dumbasses that don’t have anything better to do except talk about something that don’t know anything about. Let me tell you something else, do you know the whole story? How about that Tiffany was the one that called 911, do you think that if she would of hurt that baby that she would of turned herself in? And oh yeah another thing that you dumbasses don’t know is that the mother of this child is an alcholic and drops this baby all the time, or that this child has older siblings that play rough with him all the time. The mother of child has told Tiffany that the baby has fallen off the coffee table and the bed on more than one occasion. Well hey how about that mom wanting to take the baby home instead of the hospital? And who is guilty? What does mom have to hide? Also did you know that the baby’s bruising on the brain is only on one side and not the front and back which he could of gotten from the previous falls noted above! So I guess you all can believe what you want and talk about all you want but the truth will come out in court!!!
Any other comments?? Oh yeah wait you guys really don’t know what you are talking about anyway!! That is all I have to say about this case!
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Nell
May 17, 2008 at 9:21 pm -Angry relative who can’t write or use pucuation clearly alert!!!!!!! Damn girl, it gave me freakin headache to read that pile of shit. I will leave it to others to tell you what an enormous ass you are. K?
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Tricia
May 17, 2008 at 9:30 pm -lol very pregnant and cant pick up her own kids…uh huh. I was very pregnant once upon a time and could still pick up my 3 year old. and if she was unable to pick up kids due to her condition why in the hell is she still watching other people’s kids, shouldnt she be on disablilty or something?
you have no idea how typical it is to blame the parents (or siblings) of the child when shit like this happens.
you are right though, all of it will come out in court, and we will still be here passing judgement and makin comments when it all does so feel free to come back and post more.
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mom of 4
May 17, 2008 at 9:52 pm -jgosselin
Get your head out of your ass honey. We are not buying the BS you are selling. Guess what dumb ass, your post is no different than every other relatives post when they show up here to defend the baby killers and abusers. We have heard it all before. Guess what else dumb ass, the fact that she called 911 doesn’t mean shit. Prisons are full of baby killers and abusers who called 911 after realizing they were in deep shit.
If this bitch can’t pick up kids (which is a fucking joke as I have been pregnant 4 times and never had trouble picking up my other kids) what the fuck is she running a daycare for? Seems to me that would be really irresponsible for a childcare provider don’t you think? If thats her big excuse when she goes to trial you might want to start thinking up something better..
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impqueen
May 17, 2008 at 10:07 pm -Tell you what. I’ll make JGosselin the same offer I make everyone else.
If Tiffany is found not guilty or the charges are dropped, I will be more than happy to update my article to reflect that. All you need to do in return is promise to come back here and update me.
Then, if Tiffany is found guilty, I will update my article to reflect that as well. If you’re wrong, you say so, no harm, no foul.
Deal?
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impqueen
May 17, 2008 at 10:09 pm -Well, i’m at least two for three so far.
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jgosselin
May 17, 2008 at 10:44 pm -I am in no way defending all the other sick people in this world that do horrible things to children. I just believe that Tiffany had nothing to do with this case or this child’s conditon. Believe what you want but when she is found innocent, I would like an update posted as well as vice versa. Whatever happen to innocent until proven guilty. In the world today it is guilty until proven innocent and that is exactly what we are going to do. And when she is found innocent her name and reputation is shit. Family is Family we stick up for one another that what you do! What do think will happen when she is found innocent, the whole case is going to be dropped and they will never take a second look at it until the baby ends up dead. Harsh put true. Think what you want, that’s what is website is all about. But justice will run it’s course. Believe me I have looked into this site and there is some SICK creeps on here. Tiffany is innocent.
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lapsus.lingua
May 17, 2008 at 10:51 pm -OK, then. So either way, your cousin is guilty of a criminal offense. If she knew these things, then as a Mandated Reporter, she failed to report suspicions of child abuse, which will get her ass jailed AND her childcare license pulled.
Congrats, Big Mouth. You just added another charge to your cousin’s list of offenses. I’m sure she’s thrilled.
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dammitall
May 17, 2008 at 10:59 pm -So you’re saying Tifany was aware of all this abuse but couldn’t be bothered to report it? Okay, gotcha. Makes sense to me.
Well, hey, when you see Tifany, grab her by the shoulders and give her a real hard shake until she foams at the mouth and tell her “Heya” from the folks at Dreamin’Demon!
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jgosselin
May 17, 2008 at 11:02 pm -Whatever I am done with this website. You are all entitled to your own opinion. Would you not defend a family member if it came down to it? I will make sure to let you all know what the judges decides.
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dammitall
May 17, 2008 at 11:06 pm -Not if they were beating up on babies. Nope, I’d pretty much disown them for that.
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WryBread
May 17, 2008 at 11:55 pm -I wonder, do these post-ers speak or yell these rant-a-thons in their personal life? I mean, when angry, does this idiot stand in a corner of the living room and scream long spews of verbal barf at some poor family member? Is this post a sample of what it’s like to live with this person in your family?
I imagine it must be quite a scene when they all stand around ranting in defense of Tiffany. After all, “Family is Family we stick up for one another that what you do!”
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ImmortalOne
May 18, 2008 at 12:12 am -Not if they totally deserved everything they were getting. Not if investigations showed them to be completely guilty.
Pregnant huh? Perhaps then she really should reconsider having that baby, or that baby having her as the case were. It might end up being shaken like that poor 8-month-old baby that was in her care. Can’t even carry or pick up her own children? Well damn, I guess she should have considered these situations before almost killing this little boy.
Also, if she did know about this supposed abuse by this baby’s mother, then perhaps she should have done what she is licensed to properly do. REPORT IT. Oops, that’s right, there wasn’t anything to report till it was too fucking late and it was HER that nearly killed that little baby.
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WryBread
May 18, 2008 at 12:30 am -6 Word Summary:
Babies are always falling like dominos.
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April
May 18, 2008 at 1:05 am -NOPE!! It would just make it easier for me to drive over to her house to kick the shit out of her cuz I’d already know the way.
BTW - If you know (knew) that the mother of that baby was a negligent, abusive alcoholic, then you are guilty too.
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michelle
May 18, 2008 at 1:27 am -While we care about family members and want to hope the crimes they commit are false you should really take another GOOD look at your excuses; er I mean rationalizations.
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CAREGIVER
May 18, 2008 at 6:52 pm -jgosselin way to go!! 100% support for tiffany these freaken wackos can talk all the shit that they want! By the use of such fowl language and rude comments that make absolutly no sense or most of them do not even have any thing to do with the situation at hand. I honestly don’t care what she looks like in her picture what does that have to do with anything?I hate peaple that abuse and mistreat children just as much as every one else,but I don’t go around talken shit and slamin peaple and their families until I know for a fact what the true story is! So come on peaple grow up!!
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CAREGIVER
May 18, 2008 at 6:54 pm -31
ImmortalOne
May 18, 2008 at 7:03 pm -And I hate people who obviously didn’t complete the third grade and don’t even know how to spell “Talking”, and a simple word like “People”.
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Morbid
May 18, 2008 at 7:10 pm -This person may be a bit retarded, but they have a point, people. Now quit talking like birds and get back to the discussion.
Fowl language…Jesus Christ….
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winsomelosesome
May 18, 2008 at 8:53 pm -These are the people we pay to care for our children? A baby shaker and an illiterate retard?
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ImmortalOne
May 18, 2008 at 10:00 pm -Kinda scary, considering how children learn from their caregivers… huh? That is if they survive and aren’t murdered by them, or in this case nearly murdered by them.
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Harley_Tech
May 18, 2008 at 10:47 pm -ppssssst, Caregiver…you are retarded.
That’s all I got, have a nice day.
R
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impqueen
May 18, 2008 at 11:00 pm -http://www.dreamindemon.com/20.....what-we-do
I love when we get a perfect textbook family-member defense. This one is beautiful. I wish I could score you for originality, but your usual mistaking of the internet for a court of law is, sadly, overused. By a long shot. I’m gonna give JGosselin a 6/50. Five points for using the same whine everyone else does, and one point for taking me up on my offer.
Now to the tard. I love tards. They’re fun. Like this:
BWAAAAHAHAHAAA!! Here, I’ll answer Caregiver in the appropriate fowl language:
Quack quack wuack, chirp, twitter, tweet. Remember, Caregiver, Imp’s First Rule Of Don’t Be A Dumbass: if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and babies in its care get head injuries, it’s a child abusing duck.
Struck out by a fowl ball, huh?
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Harley_Tech
May 18, 2008 at 11:16 pm -Imp, I want to be your IBT (internet boy toy). I love you cuz ya make me laugh.
R
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mom of 4
May 18, 2008 at 11:50 pm -Nothing makes me laugh like a tards butchering of the English language while on a quest to appear intelligent.
Fowl Language ….BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Peaple - Is that some new food like a cross between a pea and an apple?
You have to love a baby abuser defender that’s a tard don’t you? BWHAHAHAHAHAH
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nurseronda
May 19, 2008 at 12:21 am -Oh, you poor thing, I sure hope she doesn’t bash your head in like she did this innocent child.
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nurseronda
May 19, 2008 at 12:24 am -Wow, found some truth in this post after all….
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megamum
May 19, 2008 at 12:40 am -I’m at a loss forwords this time. Damnation. Were you guy’s reading my mind? Cause I have nothing to add. Shit!
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smile4me
Oct 4, 2008 at 11:16 pm -Charges dismissed against child care provider
By ERIN MATHEWS
Salina Journal
Although he didn’t doubt the baby’s injuries were real, a Saline County judge ruled Tuesday that the evidence presented during a preliminary hearing against a child care provider accused of violently shaking the infant was not sufficient and dismissed charges against her.
District Judge Daniel Hebert told prosecutor Christina Trocheck that the case would require more work before he could find probable cause to support the serious allegations against Tiffany L. Axelson, 24, 107 Hays Court. The judge dismissed charges in a way that would allow them to be refiled.
Trocheck, an assistant Saline County attorney, could not be reached for comment following the hearing.
Hebert said the state’s case against Axelson relied on information given by medical doctors that was not within the knowledge base of the ordinary juror. Much of the medical evidence presented did not sufficiently pinpoint the time frame during which the injuries occurred, Hebert said. He also was not satisfied that evidence was sufficient that Axelson was the only person who could have caused the baby’s injuries.
“We may be jumping to real conclusions that haven’t been fully investigated before bringing very serious charges against this defendant,” Hebert said.
Before the judge’s ruling, Trocheck said she believed the state had met its burden of proof.
Symptoms the child suffered, from a moderate to severe concussion, including vomiting, seizures and breathing irregularities, led a child abuse evaluation team at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, to conclude the child could be safely sent home with his mother, according to testimony offered during the first day of the hearing on Aug. 22.
Those symptoms, which are known to be caused when a baby is violently shaken, usually occur within two hours of the traumatic injury that caused them, a Wichita pediatrician testified. Axelson was the only person who had cared for the baby for seven and a half hours before the onset of his symptoms on April 28, according to testimony.
Salina police investigator Melissa Short was the only witness to testify Tuesday. Short said she interviewed both Axelson and Ofelia Rodriguez, the baby’s mother. Short testified that Rodriguez said she thought the baby was in normal health. However, he had been fussy that morning and was teething, so she gave him some Tylenol before taking him to Axelson’s house.
Axelson told Short that she had put the baby down for a nap after feeding him a bottle at 11:30 a.m. Axelson said she woke the baby up at 3 p.m. and fed him another bottle, which he vomited on her, Short testified. Axelson called the baby’s mother and called for an ambulance when the child seemed unresponsive, Short testified. Axelson said she had not shaken the baby, Short said.
Axelson was caring for six children that day, with Rodriguez’ 8-month-old baby being the youngest, and the oldest being age 3, Short said. Short said Rodriguez told her she had never observed Axelson getting angry or acting inappropriately with the children in her care.
Short said the initial investigation looked at other possible suspects but eventually focused on Axelson based on the medical opinions of staff at Wesley who had examined the child.
IMPQUEEN (and everyeone else) I think you ALL owe Tiffany and her family an apology! They didnt have enough evidence against Tiffany which I know doesnt mean she didnt do it, but I was Tiffany’s neighbor when this happened and although I didnt really know Tiffany I know she didnt do this. If Tiffany is guilty of anything it could be that she didnt turn the mother in, but at the same time if she felt that the baby was in any real danger, she would have done the right thing for that baby and turned the mother in. And saying that she is guilty because of the picture of her! Come on, she was like 8 months pregnant and was probably a little stressed out about everything going on. Im sure the last thing on her mind was how she looked. Also they didnt arrest her until very late at night. Living next door to Tiffany I never even heard her raise her voice to her dogs let alone do something so horrible to a baby! I know there are very bad daycare providers out there but Tiffany is/was not one of them!
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impqueen
Oct 5, 2008 at 12:31 am -I’ve updated the article, but given the facts of the case and the manner in which the case was dismissed, I see no need just yet to apologize.
From the article you quoted:
That means that there is a hurt baby and no concrete proof that Axelson herself did it. The judge thinks she did it, but knows the prosecution can’t prove it. There also appears to be suspicion on the child’s mother.
You said:
Pfft. She’s not guilty because you’re her neighbor, and you didn’t really know her, but since she lives by you you’re sure she could not have done this, but maybe she didn’t get help for an injured child when she should have, but you still don’t think she did anything wrong? Come on, now, that is the weakest argument ever posited on this site.
Fact is, the charges against Axelson were dropped and my article is edited to reflect that. The other fact is that the charges were dropped over a month ago and you just now showed up to champion the neighbor you hardly know, but know well enough to be sure she’d never shake a baby in a stressful moment. Riiight.
I hope Tiffany Axelson is actually innocent and didn’t just get away with shaking an infant. But someone hurt that baby, and the mother has not even been charged. Unfortunately, it looks to me like one of those cases where a baby gets hurt and nobody saw anything and the evidence leads to a range of hours rather than minutes and they just can’t prove it. Someone hurt that baby. If not Tiffany and not the mother, then who?
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mousygirl
Oct 5, 2008 at 3:56 am -oh, tiffany, i am so sorry. that someone got away with hurting this baby, that is.
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smile4me
Oct 5, 2008 at 9:25 am -IMPQUEEN–I agree with you! Yes it did take me a while to respond, but i have also moved and didnt have internet access. I work with families in need and i do know that the mother is being looked at and that is part of the reason Axelsons charges were dropped. I knew Tiffany but it was not like i was best friends with her. I interacted with her and saw how she interacted with her daycare kids as well as her own kids. What the article doesnt say and the police report after Axelson was arrested does say is that the mother had told the cops later on that the night before the baby was taken to the hospital the baby fell off the couch and hit his head on the coffee table, and the only reason that came out was because the mother’s 3 yr old had said so in front of the cops and then the mother finally told the cops (could that have been why the baby was fussy in the morning and the mother just said it was because he was teething). Im not saying Tiffany is perfect, BUT I have worked with families in need, and children that have been abused and Tiffany doesnt show any of the signs of being a parent or caregiver in need. As far as the mother and what goes on in that house–I am not working with the family so i cant give any specifics on the case, but i do know what the police report says.
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