Welch: Woman’s reckless failure to seek medical help resulted in nephew’s death
Brittany Fitch, 33, pleads guilty to charges stemming from the 2017 death of her three year-old nephew.
May 6, 2019
The aunt of a three year-old boy who died while in her care pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and endangering children Monday morning.
In October 2017, Brittany Fitch, now 33, began watching her nephew at her Lewis Drive home.
Ten days into his stay, the child suffered a fatal injury which Fitch admitted to causing when she fell on him while in the shower.
According to Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Ron Welch, Fitch told investigators the child cried in pain but was able to be consoled.
Later that night, Fitch awoke to the sound of another child crying and got out of bed to check. That’s when she found her nephew to be unresponsive.
Welch said the child died due to an intestinal laceration, an injury medical experts said could have been prevented had the child received appropriate medical care.
According to Welch, the injury was so severe that the boy would not have been consoled so quickly. He said the child likely would have extensively been crying in pain.
Welch said Fitch’s reckless failure to obtain treatment for her nephew resulted in his death.
The State is recommending Fitch be sentenced to four years in prison on her first-degree felony count of involuntary manslaughter and two fourth-degree felony counts of endangering children.
Charles Carmichael • May 10, 2019 at 4:02 pm
You see, it’s funny. How is Brittany’s kid healthy and tall and an amazing child but Jaxyn died in her care and all hell broke loose. She did nothing but try to help Jaxyn? Every last one of you who thinks brittany is a bad mom or even a bad person because of an accident, then every one of you needs to find out the truth before you run your mouths.
Ben • May 10, 2019 at 9:17 am
You know you love your kids so much you lost custody of them for the rest of thier life and they don’t even call you mom cause you couldn’t even get yourself clean to do what you needed to do to get them and I know what kind mother you are I watched you smack the crap out of Jaxyns mouth for saying something he didn’t say. I know more about you and Brittany then you think I do I know Brit is a wonderful person and mother and she loves all children and would never do anything to hurt one. I know any time that she had any of your kids you never even called to check on them I would trust her with my kids before I would anyone else
Jerricka Williams • May 9, 2019 at 2:57 pm
She should get more than 4 years! If it was an accident, than she would have gotten him help and contacted his mother. She had to see he was in some pretty severe pain. As a mother herself to see a child severely bruised and crying she should have done something. So what give her only 4 years let her get out maybe have another kid herself or have someone else’s kids and do it again? She doesn’t deserve a second chance, he didn’t get even one chance! Scolding his mother who thought her children were going to be safe because this person is her sister is pretty ridiculous, she didn’t expect to let her child go there and him die! RIH Jaxyn Michael we love you baby boy!
Onika Schell • May 9, 2019 at 12:43 pm
No we shouldnt we wasnt there… No we didnt cause shit i have multiple people that can testify an our behalf that there was never a mark on him other than the nkrmal kid bruises. She did a good job with him up til then..i didnt say she had to she asked if he could come stay so i let him f*** u i love all my kids u got somethin 2 say… Come say it to my face… We have nothing to prove to u or anyone else. F*** what people say. People r drama seekers as it is. I know most of them as it is. Your right he isnt going to get his full justice. Yes the right person is bein chargedbut not like she should be. It may have been an accident she fell on him. She shouldn’t have been taking a shower with him to begin with. She should have called the cops,the hospital even his mom.. But she didnt she choose to give him chocolate milk an put him to bed. She choose not to take him to the hospital.. He is dead because she didnt get him help. Autopsy proved that.
Ben • May 6, 2019 at 9:32 pm
She should not be charged at all, you should, cause you and your boyfriend caused all his injuries he had. all she is guilty of is taking care of that baby cause you wouldn’t and all of Zanesville knows that and believes that you should be charged. There can’t be justice for him if the wrong person is charged
Onika Schell • May 6, 2019 at 5:00 pm
I am jaxyns mother. Y is she not be in charged more or getting more time if she wouldhave gotten him help instead of playing miss nurse he would b here her actions caused his death…