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LANDRUM, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina woman has been arrested after a 5-month boy in her care died.
Multiple media outlets reported Wednesday that 43-year-old Evelyn Deneice Petty of Landrum is charged with homicide by child abuse.
The charge carries a sentence of 20 years to life in prison for a conviction.
A police report shows Petty told authorities she put the boy to bed with his sister around 1:30 a.m. Sunday and tried CPR after finding him unresponsive around 7 a.m.
An autopsy determined that the baby's death was suspicious. Authorities are awaiting the results of a toxicology report, but they think the baby was shaken.
Petty was being held Wednesday at the Spartanburg County jail. It's unclear if she has an attorney.
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