Left to babysit her 6-month-old granddaughter, a suburban Chicago
woman instead turned on the infant, bludgeoning her and cutting her
throat, prosecutors said Monday.
Alfreda Giedrojc is being
held without bail after a court appearance Monday afternoon, said
Tandra Simonton, a spokeswoman for the Cook County State's Attorney's
office. She was charged with first-degree murder in the death of her
granddaughter, Simonton said.
The girl's father brought
her to Giedrojc's home in the southwestern suburb of Oak Lawn on Sunday
while he helped with repairs on a nearby home, Simonton told Olokunbolablessing.blogspot.com
"Her father and
grandfather had stepped out of the grandparents' house for a short time
when this horrific event took place," Oak Lawn police said in a written
statement on the death.
While her husband was
away, Giedrojc laid the child on the floor, pulled a sledgehammer from a
nearby closet and swung it down on her head and body several times. She
then picked the baby up and used a carving knife to slit her throat
when she was still alive, Simonton said.
Oak Lawn Det. Mike
Kaufmann said the 61-year-old Giedrojc expressed remorse for the child's
death when questioned, and investigators have found no record of
previous arrests or mental illness.
Attempts to reach the public defender assigned to represent Giedrojc were unsuccessful Monday evening.
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