MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – A Roseville babysitter was found guilty by a jury trial for abusing a 23-month-old boy, which led to his death.
Kimora Launmei Hodges, 21, of Roseville, abused a 23-month-old child on June 13, 2022, at a home in the 30000 block of Little Mack Avenue.
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The boy’s mother told police she picked her son up from Hodges, her neighbor, who had been babysitting him while his mother was at work. Hodges had been watching the child on and off for two months.
Hodges told the mother that the boy didn’t look normal, so the mother called 911 and had an ambulance sent to the apartment.
The child was taken to the hospital and had emergency surgery for severe head trauma, authorities said. He later died from his injuries.
Hodges was arrested, and she admitted to detectives that she had physically abused the child, according to authorities.
Hodges was found guilty on July 31, 2025, of first-degree child abuse and felony murder.
She is expected to be sentenced on Oct. 2, 2025.