Babysitter's Disturbing Google Search Gets Her Charged In Toddler's Death
By Bill Galluccio
December 16, 2020
A Georgia woman is facing murder charges for allegedly killing the two-year-old girl she was babysitting. Authorities said that Kirstie Flood, 29, brutally beat the young girl, Fallon Fridley, to death and claimed it was an accident.
Flood called the police, claiming Fallon had hit her head on a slide at the playground and was unresponsive. Paramedics arrived and rushed Fallon to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The autopsy report revealed that Fallon's injuries were not consistent with how Flood claimed she was hurt.
Fallon's injuries included a massive skull fracture and lacerations to her liver, spleen, and colon.
Police started questioning Flood and then examined her phone. Investigators learned that she had searched for "what type of people enjoy abusing other people's children" and "what does it mean to have a sudden urge to beat a child that's not yours." She was taken into custody and is facing charges of murder, malice murder, aggravated battery, and first-degree cruelty to a child.
Fallon's mother, Kristin Fridley Gantt, couldn't believe Flood was capable of murder. The 29-year-old had been a family friend for the past five years and was hired as a full-time babysitter last August.
"It's like she snapped," Gantt told WSB-TV. "It's like this evil was in front of my face for years, and I never saw it."
Photo: Sandy Springs Police Department