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Babysitter Charged With Intentionally Scalding Toddler

June 11, 2011 at 12:26 pm by Wanderer

York, PA. – A 23-year-old woman is accused of burning a child’s hand so badly, his skin was peeling off his fingers.

Amanda Marguerite Coeyman, 23, was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and endangering the welfare of a child, after police found that her version of events was inconsistent with the facts in the case. Now, maybe I just watch way too many crime shows, but I have no clue how this chick thought her story would actually fly with investigators.

On May 18 at about 12:45 p.m., Coeyman called York County 911 to report that a 2-year-old child in her care had burned his hand in the shower. When police arrived, the child’s hand was so badly burned that his skin was red and swollen with large blisters and some skin was actually hanging off of other fingers. He was transported to Johns Hopkins Medical Center.

Coeyman, a former assistant Eastern York coach, claimed Myles Miller (pictured) had burned his hand in a bucket she was filling with hot water in the shower. As every good babysitter does, she says she left the young boy with the bucket of scalding hot water while she went and checked on another child in the home – a much more likeable one, I’m guessing.

Interestingly, investigators found that the shower was dry, and no bucket was visible. Police also obtained photos and measurements of the shower and determined when the shower is running, water does not pool in the base deep enough for a child’s hand to be submerged. Based on Coeyman’s account of finding the child in the shower, both she and the child would have sustained burns on other parts of their bodies, documents state.

A doctor who treated the child classified the injury as a submersion burn inconsistent with a shower/spray type of burn and classified the “glove type” burn as a non-accidental trauma.

If you’re in the West Manchester Township area this Sunday, a car wash will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Weaver Eye Associates to benefit Myles Miller’s medical bills as insurance will not cover his full stay at Johns Hopkins or most of his follow-up doctor visits.

Tags: Amanda Marguerite Coeyman, babysitter, Burning, Child Abuse, Crime, Myles Miller, Pennsylvania, scalding

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Anonymous

If I was this boy’s mom, I’d be going to jail for murder. Hurt my child, l’ll fuck you up beyond recognition.
EveryVillainIsLemons

I say we take Coeyman to Nevada and make her work to pay ALL of Myles’s medical bills, plus compensation for his pain and suffering.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OZJLNX2WVTP7N5CK7WEG5IX7F4 Faith

What a filthy creature that woman is. How can you do that to a poor baby. Stupid bitch.
FrikkenFrak

What a stunningly beautiful little boy.

His hands will heal. Will his memories of this event heal?
http://oddlyunfocused.blogspot.com/ Eccentric_Lady

Hell yeah! Better yet, more states should have that enforced – I heard poverty in prison’s a bitch, but so often time done isn’t worth the ink on the paper. Need to hit ‘em where it really hurts!
FrikkenFrak

I just realized I haven’t seen ParrotToes or Pikeman on in a while. Where are you guys? I miss your input!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WUSPJ56WM63ZAO7MYQGILWWWPM aliceinchainsboy

they have Eloped at some waterpark somewhere
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WUSPJ56WM63ZAO7MYQGILWWWPM aliceinchainsboy

that kids hand was boiled. not scalded yuk =[
FrikkenFrak

lol
Anonymous

“…She left the young boy with the bucket of scalding hot water while she went and checked on another child in the home – a much more likeable one, I’m guessing.”

I’ve missed Wanderer… :-)
http://twitter.com/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

I would like to thank DD for continuing to save me money on babysitters and daycare. I don’t use them but your stories make me sure that I have made the right decisions.
Anonymous

I think he has the biggest eyes I’ve ever seen on a boy. Poor little guy.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Star-Sizu/100000944071562 Star Sizu

I wonder what kind of insurance the toddler has that doesn’t cover injury – -;
Anonymous

“Glove” means that his hand was submerged and intentionally held in the scalding water long enough for the burns to be so bad his skin was actually coming off his fingers. Unfuckingbelievable.

If this were my child, this woman would never make it to trial. If I couldn’t have the satisfaction of killing her myself, I would hire someone to do it and never lose a minute of sleep over it.

I hate people sometimes.
http://www.facebook.com/kennyhackett Kenny Hackett

How in the hell do you intentionally burn a baby? Some body get me a potato peeler and I’ll deal with this bitch.
Anonymous

No trial. Just throw the babysitter in cell where she will have to wait for her scolding hot water to chilll before drinking it, washing in it, and using the metal toilet (to cool).
Anonymous

If you didn’t like the kid, STOP BABYSITTING HIM!!!

Btw, I’ve seen pretty boys but that kid with those eyes: GORGEOUS!!!
Anonymous

(a) Amanda’s a cunt. And also stupid. You’d think she’d at least take 30 seconds to retroactively fill up a bucket with hot water and splash it around. But I’m glad she didn’t, since in that case she might not have been busted.

(b) “insurance will not cover his full stay at Johns Hopkins or most of his follow-up doctor visits” — and there are still people who erroneously believe we have one of the better healthcare systems in the free world.
Anonymous

Insurance doesn’t cover shit.We have one of the better insurances and I still find myself without things I need because it falls under one of the many fine print areas of uncovered itemd and services.
LeaveMeBe

I was hoping the benefit was to help raise bail money to get mom out of jail and get her a good attorney to represent her successfully for justifiable homicide.
Anonymous

What a horrible horrible woman. I knew a guy, he’s actually featured here on DD, Who’s little hand was burned by the deep fat fryer when he was around 2 years old. Needless to say, he ended up on the front page.
http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/25/daniel-heninger-is-a-tough-guy/
Anonymous

What a horrible horrible woman. I knew a guy, he’s actually featured here on DD, Who’s little hand was burned by the deep fat fryer when he was around 2 years old. Needless to say, he ended up on the front page.
http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/25/daniel-heninger-is-a-tough-guy/
Anonymous

What a horrible horrible woman. I knew a guy, he’s actually featured here on DD, Who’s little hand was burned by the deep fat fryer when he was around 2 years old. Needless to say, he ended up on the front page.
http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/25/daniel-heninger-is-a-tough-guy/
Anonymous

On Tuesday I was in another town 30-45 minutes away from home babysitting my sick neice. Hubby was cleaning up the carport, piddling arround outsite and my 8 year old decided she wanted ramen noodles. Never one to ask for help, my independent bad ass went about cooking up a pot.
She spilled the pot, from the fucking stove, onto herself. I wasnt even there and I freaked. I knew the pain my baby was going through. I have cried every fucking day for 6 days knowing that if I had been here the accident wouldnt have happened (because I run from outside work. especially when we have had 3 digit temps).
I can only imagine what this mother is feeling knowing that someone she trusted to keep her baby safe did this INTENTIONALLY. Bet my ass would be in fucking jail. That bitch would be suffering. A nice full pot of simmering oil comes to mind.
Anonymous

No words can say it, what a disgusting human to do this. I am glad he wasn’t killed. How can people do these things? It’s really too bad that the criminals don’t ever get to experience the pain of their victims.
Guest

Of course you do. Same here, despite having what counts in the U.S. as “excellent” benefits. Insurance’s a TOTAL racket, and that’s it. (And this exchange reminds me of the tard senator who said “if Stephen Hawking were in the U.K.,” he would have been left to die. *Cough* S.H. is ENGLISH, durrr. Lulz…)

I hope the poor baby in this case isn’t scarred mentally by this experience; physical scars will probably be unavoidable, I suppose. Stupid bitch of a babysitter.
Guest

Of course you do. Same here, despite having what counts in the U.S. as “excellent” benefits. Insurance’s a TOTAL racket, and that’s it. (And this exchange reminds me of the tard senator who said “if Stephen Hawking were in the U.K.,” he would have been left to die. *Cough* S.H. is ENGLISH, durrr. Lulz…)

I hope the poor baby in this case isn’t scarred mentally by this experience; physical scars will probably be unavoidable, I suppose. Stupid bitch of a babysitter.
Anonymous

Of course you do. Same here, despite having what counts in the U.S. as “excellent” benefits. Insurance’s a TOTAL racket, and that’s it. (And this exchange reminds me of the tard senator who said “if Stephen Hawking were in the U.K.,” he would have been left to die. *Cough* S.H. is ENGLISH, durrr. Lulz…)

I hope the poor baby in this case isn’t scarred mentally by this experience; physical scars will probably be unavoidable, I suppose. Stupid bitch of a babysitter.
Anonymous

Of course you do. Same here, despite having what counts in the U.S. as “excellent” benefits. Insurance’s a TOTAL racket, and that’s it. (And this exchange reminds me of the tard senator who said “if Stephen Hawking were in the U.K.,” he would have been left to die. *Cough* S.H. is ENGLISH, durrr. Lulz…)

I hope the poor baby in this case isn’t scarred mentally by this experience; physical scars will probably be unavoidable, I suppose. Stupid bitch of a babysitter.