Pennsylvania Woman Accused in Baby Murder

(Norristown, Pennsylvania) A 38-year-old woman, Melissa Haskell, has been arrested and charged with the murder of a five-month-old boy she was babysitting for 19 years ago.

Haskell was a 19-year-old babysitter for Ryan Bauerly when the infant died on August 26, 1992. The death was originally blamed on sudden infant death syndrome.

Authorities received a tip in April from someone claiming Haskell admitted suffocating the baby. Police said they reopened the investigation and recorded a conversation in which Haskell described putting her hand over the infant's mouth and killing him.

Haskell was booked into custody at the Montgomery County Prison without bond. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for August 30.