Bethanie Carriker Hearing

Bethanie Carriker is charged with aggravated neglect. A 15-month-old and a 26-day-old were in the care of their mother, Bethanie Carriker.

Authorities found evidence last month that one or both of the children reported to have been found unresponsive in a bathtub in Seymour were possibly given Benadryl.

Benadryl is an antihistamine used to treat allergies that can cause drowsiness.

The incident left the 15-month-old dead and the 26-day-old infant fighting for her life. According to a spokesperson from the Blount County Sheriff’s Office, the infant girl was released from the hospital roughly a week later.

Investigators want to use evidence on Carriker’s cell phone, but her public defender has asked the state to preserve all data from her cellphone.

A search warrant addresses access to Carriker’s phone. The warrant said the ‘affiant believes that it is more probable than not that this I-Phone belonging to Bethanie Carriker contains valuable evidence of aggravated child neglect and criminal homicide.’.

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