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Mother arrested after 2-year-old Tulsa girl dies of suspected child abuse
Tulsa police have arrested the mother of a toddler who died Friday morning.
A 911 call was made from a neighborhood in east Tulsa around 5:15 a.m. Police say it was initially a medical call.
Police say a 13-year-old relative was left alone with the toddler at a home near 27th and 126th East Avenue. At some point the teen found the child unresponsive.
Danielle Bishop, with the Child Crimes Unit, said the teen carried the 2-year-old girl down the street, looking for help.
Paramedics transported the toddler to an area hospital where the child was pronounced dead.
Bishop said the girl's injuries are consistent with child abuse.
Child crisis detectives launched a homicide investigation and police served a search warrant on the home, where police say the child lived with her mother.
Bishop said the victim's mother refused to cooperate with investigators at the hospital.
Christina Simmons was questioned and arrested for child neglect/abuse. She was booked into the Tulsa County Jail on $50,000 bond.
According to Simmons' booking report, she told police she knew the toddler sustained a head injury, vomited multiple times and appeared drowsy.
Simmons said she knew her daughter needed to see a doctor, police say, but she left the baby alone with the teen relative anyway.
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