Daily Mail, 28 Nov 2018:

‘I’m sick of this little b****’: Daycare worker admits killing eight-month-old girl by suffocating her with a blanket after complaining she wouldn’t sleep as CCTV shows dying child thrashing her legs to escape

- Reese Bowman was killed by Leah Walden, 24, at the Rocket Tiers center in Baltimore last May

- Walden suffocated Bowman with a blanket in the horrifying incident

Leah Walden (pictured) was said to have been frustrated at Bowman because the baby wouldn’t go to sleep

- She pleaded guilty to the murder on Tuesday and was sentenced to 70 years

- The court heard she was frustrated at Bowman because she wouldn’t fall asleep

A daycare worker has pleaded guilty to killing an eight month-old girl by smothering her with a blanket because she wouldn’t go to sleep.

Leah Walden, 24, admitted the murder of little Reese Bowman, at Rocket Tiers Learning Center, Baltimore in May 2017, at a court hearing on Tuesday, wbaltv reports.

Walden was sentenced to 70 years in prison for the horrifying killing by Judge Althea Handy who sobbed as she handed it down.

In heartbreaking scenes, Reese’s father Justin Bowman wept as he told the court: ‘I will never see my girl take her first steps, hold her, kiss her, comfort her when she’s scared, hear her say “I love you”. I am devastated.’

Turning to Walden and pointing he said: ‘Reese Annette Bowman accomplished more in her short life than this woman ever will.’

Walden tried to explain her actions by saying she had snapped and had not been given appropriate training or assistance for her job.

Assistant State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess said Walden had told a co-worker, ‘Girl, I’m frustrated. I’m sick of this little b****. I hate this little b****. She makes me want to punch her in the face.’