Tragic moment: Mother rushes to the side of her four-month-old son who died after he was found vomiting in a horror daycare where the owner made him sleep on his stomach – a woman is sentenced to 30 years in prison for being six abused children

Police bodycam footage captured the moment a heartbroken mother rushed to the side of her four-month-old son, who died after being found vomiting at a daycare center.
Charlie Cronmiller was found unresponsive by authorities on February 3, 2021, at the Little Lovey Child Care Facility in Dunwoody, Georgia.
Videos obtained by authorities show his mother, Stephanie Cronmiller, running toward an ambulance to accompany him before he was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
Daycare owner Amanda Hickey, 48, pleaded guilty Sept. 22 to seven counts of first-degree child cruelty, seven counts of reckless conduct, one count of second-degree child cruelty and three counts of assault.
A judge sentenced her to 30 years in prison on Oct. 13 for the murder of baby Charlie and the abuse of six other children in her care.

Police bodycam footage captured the moment mother Stephanie Cronmiller rushed to the side of her four-month-old son, who died after being found vomiting at a daycare center

Charlie Cronmiller was found unresponsive by authorities on February 3, 2021, at the Little Lovey Child Care Facility in Dunwoody, Georgia

Daycare owner Amanda Hickey, 48, was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Oct. 13 for the murder of baby Charlie and the abuse of six other children in her care
The bodycam footage shows police responding to the incident with officers outside the property.
Charlie was given cardiopulmonary resuscitation in an ambulance while paramedics did their best to save his life.
His mother Stephanie rushed to the scene and got out of a black car as she then sprinted towards the ambulance.
“Get in the ambulance with them,” an officer tells her. “Ma’am, get in the ambulance, they’re getting ready to leave. ‘This is Mom.’
Hickey was later seen being escorted from the property and handcuffed as she was arrested for Charlie’s murder.
She ran the daycare out of the basement of her home in Dunwoody.
Hickey said she placed the baby on her back for a nap and told authorities it must have rolled onto its stomach.

His mother Stephanie rushed to the scene and got out of a black car as she then sprinted towards the ambulance

Hickey was later seen being escorted from the property and handcuffed as she was arrested for Charlie’s murder

Charlie was left unattended for more than two hours before he was found unresponsive and covered in vomit
However, the footage obtained showed that she had placed the baby on her stomach, which violates recommended medical guidelines for safe sleeping positions for infants.
Charlie was left unattended for more than two hours before he was found unresponsive and covered in vomit.
Hickey pleaded guilty to the charge. She entered an Alford plea, which allows a person to maintain their innocence while acknowledging that it is in their best interest to plead guilty to second-degree murder and second-degree child cruelty in connection with Cronmiller’s death.
“There is no remorse,” the baby’s mother, Stephanie, told the court. “The only thing she’s sorry about is that she got caught.”
“I’m focusing on forgiving myself because I chose her.” How could I not believe it was my fault?
“I wish I could erase this day. ‘I wish I had Charlie in my arms.’

Hickey said she placed the baby on her back for a nap and told authorities it must have rolled onto its stomach

But daycare footage showed she had placed the baby on her stomach, which violates recommended medical guidelines for safe sleeping positions for infants

Stephanie and Eric Cronmiller founded Charlie’s Army in memory of their son

Charlie’s mother told the court: “I wish I could erase this day.” I wish I had Charlie in my arms.
Another video showed Hickey rocking other babies by their feet, slamming them on the floor, pulling their hair, pushing and tripping toddlers and putting others in unsafe sleeping positions, prosecutors said.
The victims were between 6 and 18 months old.
“I know there is nothing I can say in words to ease her pain other than taking responsibility and expressing extreme sadness for what I did,” Hickey told the DeKalb chief judge, according to The Atlanta Journal County Superior Court, LaTisha Dear Jackson -Constitution. “This is my legacy now.”
Hickey was licensed to care for six children, but prosecutors said there were 10 in her home the day Charlie died.