Another Baby Found Dead

**TC-JAV** · October 30th, 2009, 11:41 AM

http://www.wsmv.com/news/21475991/detail.html

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Metro police responded Friday morning to an apartment in the Dickerson Road area where a baby was found deceased inside.

**badfish76** · October 30th, 2009, 11:56 AM

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Are you in the Memphis area?

**TC-JAV** · October 30th, 2009, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by badfish76

Keep us updated!

Are you in the Memphis area?

No, I'm close to Nashville.

**MadeaBecBec** · October 30th, 2009, 04:01 PM

The 4-month-old baby, Ayonda Rucker, was inside apartment 227 on the third floor of the Dellway Villa Apartments. Police said the mother, 19, gave Ayonda a bottle in the morning and then went back to bed with her boyfriend and the baby.

Someone knocked on the apartment's door at 9:30 a.m., which is when the mother saw the baby wasn't breathing. Family members ran to the second floor to get help.

Police tried CPR, which didn't work.

The medical examiner will do an autopsy and took a sample of the child's formula to see if anything is unusual. Police warn parents not to sleep in same bed as their babies, although they said they don't know if that played a role in this death. The cause of death is currently unknown.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/21475991/detail.html

Ayonda's 19-year-old mother told police she put the 4-month-old down during the early morning hours. The baby then woke around 8 a.m. The mother gave Ayonda a bottle, and brought the child back to bed with her and her boyfriend.

Then around 9:30 a.m. the mother said she was awaken by someone knocking on the door. Once awake she checked on Ayonda, who wasn't breathing. The mother quickly ran to a neighbor's apartment to call 911.

"{There are] no obvious signs of trauma to the child's body. An autopsy will be necessary to determine the cause of death," said Don Aaron, Metro Nashville Police public information officer

http://www.newschannel5.com/global/story.asp?s=11414877

Rest in Peace, Baby Ayonda!!