Tynisha Carlton
Nov 27, 2007 - March 2, 2009
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Mildred Carlton had gone to Grady hospital Monday since she was having stomach and back pains most likely related to being pregnant. While she was gone she left her 15-month-old daughter in the care of her live-in boyfriend, 24-year-old Walter Caldwell. Walter is the father of her unborn child, but not her
15-month-old..
Apparently Walter called Mildred Carlton the day and was very vague in his explanation as to what was going on at her home in her absence.
He told her there was an accident with the baby and that he wasn’t in town.
When Mildred came home later that night at 11:30 she found her daughter on her bed, beaten to death, and Walter Caldwell nowhere to be found. She first called one of her roommates and then called 911.
According to the Fulton County Medical Examiner, Tynisha T. Carlton died from blunt force trauma to her torso. She also showed visible bruising on the right side of her face, but it was the harsh blows to her chest and stomach that actually killed her. Police obtained a murder warrant for Walter Caldwell and hunted him down.
Mom’s boyfriend arrested in toddler’s death
Girl’s beaten body was left on bed
By TIM EBERLY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Atlanta police arrested a 24-year-old man Tuesday evening on charges that he beat to death his girlfriend’s 15-month-old daughter.
Police arrested Walter Caldwell, 24, after he arranged to meet his girlfriend at Underground Atlanta’s food court, said Atlanta police Lt. Keith Meadows.
Caldwell is accused of killing Tynisha T. Carlton on Monday night while the mother, who is seven weeks pregnant, was at Grady Memorial Hospital seeking treatment of stomach and back pains.
The mother, Mildred Carlton, 28, said in a phone interview Tuesday night that Tynisha’s death had left her feeling suicidal.
“I feel hurt,” she said. “I feel like, if I’m by myself, I might wind up killing myself.”
Tynisha died from blunt force trauma to her torso, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office. Tynisha also had visible bruising on the right side of her face, Meadows said.
While she went to the hospital, Carlton left her toddler daughter with Caldwell, the father of Carlton’s unborn child, but not Tynisha’s father. Four to five hours later, when Carlton returned home about 11:30 p.m., the door was unlocked and Caldwell was gone.
Carlton found Tynisha on her bed. She thought the child was asleep, she said, until she saw bruising on her face.
“When I touched her, she was real hard,” Carlton said in a phone interview Tuesday night.
She called another roommate and then called 911.
During the day Tuesday, Caldwell, who then was sought by police, called Carlton and told her the baby had an “accident,” Meadows said.
Carlton said she hadn’t noticed any prior abuse between Caldwell and Tynisha. While she worked, Caldwell routinely took care of her daughter, she said.
“She liked him,” Carlton said. “She played with him. She enjoyed him being around her.”
Seven people lived in the couple’s three-bedroom apartment in the 900 block of Conley Road, including another couple and their child and one of Carlton’s two sons.
The apartments are southeast of Hapeville and in the southeastern edge of Fulton County.
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