A babysitter has been charged with murder after she crushed a 9-year-old girl to death by sitting on her as punishment for being naughty.

Veronica Green Posey, 64, was arrested in Florida following the death of Dericka Lindsay, who is believed to have had a heart attack.

Dericka Lindsay, 9, went into cardiac arrest after complaining she couldn't breathe when 64-year-old Veronica Green Posey sat on her for about 10 minutes.

The schoolgirl was rushed to hospital where she was sadly pronounced dead.

Source - https://www.veeinsider.com/blog/babysitter-weighing-325-pound-crushes-9-year-old-girl-death-sitting-punishment-naughty/

Posey told cops in Florida she had sat on Dericka to punish her for being "out of control", Pensacola News Journal reports.

The girl’s parents Grace Smith and James Smith also face neglect charges. Posey is free on $125,000 bail. Jail records don’t list an attorney.

In Grace Smith's arrest report, she said she had called Posey over to her house for assistance with disciplining Dericka.

Grace Smith told the investigating deputy that Posey struck Dericka with a ruler and a metal pipe, before Dericka ran to an armchair.

And in James Smith's arrest report, the paper said he told the deputy that Posey sat on Dericka in the armchair for an estimated 10 minutes before Dericka complained of not being able to breathe.

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He told the deputy Posey continued to sit on the child for another two minutes before standing up and finding the child unresponsive

Mike Carroll, secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families, issued a statement that called the child’s death ‘appalling.’

He said the agency will work with the sheriff’s office to hold those responsible for her death accountable.

"As the family has a prior interaction with the child welfare system, a thorough quality assurance review will be conducted to review all prior interactions this family has had with the child welfare system," the statement said.

Source - https://www.veeinsider.com/blog/babysitter-weighing-325-pound-crushes-9-year-old-girl-death-sitting-punishment-naughty/

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