BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Nearly eight months after 1-year-old Kahleb Collins was last seen alive in Fayette County, his mother has been indicted on abuse and domestic violence charges against him.
Wendy Pamela Bailey, 23, was recently indicted on one count of aggravated child abuse, four counts of first-degree domestic violence and abuse of a corpse. The grand jury indictment comes as police believe Kahleb Collins is likely dead, even though his body has yet to be found.
In the indictment, the grand jury concluded that Bailey, whose husband, Steven Collins, and 2-year-old daughter, Ryleigh, died in a car crash on County Road 73 on Dec. 9, did reportedly “torture, willfully abuse, cruelly beat, or otherwise willfully maltreat the said K.R.C. by acts taking place on more than two occasions.” Specifically, the grand jury stated that in several instances, Kahleb was tied to a chair with cable ties, as well as suspended him from the ceiling and hit him.
Regarding the corpse abuse charge, Bailey is accused of treating his corpse in a way that would “outrage ordinary family sensibilities.”
Kahleb Collins was last seen Sept. 9, but he was not reported missing until after the crash, where Bailey was seriously hurt and taken to UAB Hospital. It wasn’t until Dec. 30 that she was arrested.
Prosecutors have previously argued that Steven Bailey, Kahleb’s father, engaged in abusing Kahleb and Wendy failed to report the abuse.
John Bailey, Khaleb’s grandfather, was also indicted in the case on charges of aggravated child abuse, four counts of 1st degree domestic violence, corpse abuse and first degree hindering prosecution.
Wendy and John Bailey are set to be arraigned on August 8.
The case remains under investigation.
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