Cass County Attorney Vanessa Strazdas today (Thursday), said charges have been filed against an Anita woman, 36-year old Alison E. Dorsey, for causing the death of an 11 week old newborn, identified only as “L.H.” Strazdas said the child suffered from internal bleeding resulting in brain death, while in the sole care and custody of Dorsey at her daycare on October 7, 2019.

L.H. died on October 8, 2019.  Medical evidence revealed the injuries causing death were inflicted and non-accidental, commonly called shaken baby syndrome.  Onset of brain hemorrhaging would have been immediate. Strazdas told KJAN News Dorsey was arrested this (Thursday) morning on a Class-A Felony charge of Murder in the 1st Degree, which carries a Life term in prison, and a Special Class-B Felony charge of Child Endangerment resulting in the death of a child. The maximum she would serve if convicted on that charge is 50 years in prison.

Dorsey was being held in the Cass County Jail on a $250,000 cash-only bond. Her initial appearance is set to take place by Friday. (See the Criminal Complaints filed in her arrest here – 04151__FECR016406_CRCM_242055  and 04151__FECR016406_CRCM_242054