APPLE VALLEY, Calif. (KTLA) — A woman arrested in the death of a toddler who police say was made to ingest chili powder has been charged with first degree murder.
Amanda Sorensen, of Apple Valley, was charged with one count of murder and another count of child abuse causing death, according to the complaint filed by the San Bernardino district attorney’s office.
San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in the 20000 block of Cayuga Road at 4:16 p.m. Sunday for a child suffering from a seizure after ingesting chili powder.
Two -year-old Joileen was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Sorensen, 21, who is the girlfriend of the girl’s father, is being held at the West Valley Detention Center in lieu on $500,000 bail.
An autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of the girl’s death.
Neighbors told KTLA that they have witnessed abuse in the home before.
“They fight like crazy,” one man said. “I went over there one day to help with the car. She came out asking when he was going to get done so they could get the kids from school.”
“He just flew off the handle and just smacked the dog out of her,” he recalled.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Homicide Detail, Detective Rob Trostle or Sergeant Rick Bessinger at (909)387-3589.
If you want to remain anonymous, you can call the We-tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463), or leave information on the We-Tip Hotline at http://www.Wetip.com.
10 Comments to “Woman Charged With Murder in Toddler’s Chili Powder Death”
January 9, 2013 at 4:27 PM
She should be tortured the same way that poor child was…
January 9, 2013 at 5:34 PM
I hope the system is not stupid enough to let the family have any of the remaining kids, they will just screw them up even more than they probably are. The father nor none of his relatives deserve to be parents. RIP baby girl and least you are away from all those bad people now.
January 9, 2013 at 5:41 PM
Pray for this little Angel…Good took her home so she wouldn't suffer on Earth any more….
January 9, 2013 at 6:28 PM
You need a background check to have a gun, But any lunatic can have a baby
January 9, 2013 at 7:34 PM
her eyes are far apart.
January 9, 2013 at 9:15 PM
And?!
January 9, 2013 at 11:45 PM
She's an child murdering alien, give her the chair and beam her back to her planet.
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January 9, 2013 at 10:19 PM
SO SAD !!!! rest in Paradise Little Girl. i wonder if her bio mother is around?
February 8, 2013 at 10:13 AM
I hope they find her not guilty… she's so young and she's got her whole life ahead of her, she doesn't deserve to have her whole life ruined by a stupid mistake. She probably didn't even mean to kill that kid anyways… She had no way of knowing that chili powder would kill her. What I'd really like to know is why she did it in the first place