No bond for DeKalb mom in murder of baby who cried 'all the time'

This 8-month-old baby died Saturday night after police say she was beaten with a belt by the girl’s mother and her boyfriend. (Source: Channel 2 Action News.)

This 8-month-old baby died Saturday night after police say she was beaten with a belt by the girl’s mother and her boyfriend. (Source: Channel 2 Action News.)

A mother charged with murder in the death of her 8-month-old daughter in Brookhaven has been denied bond.

Shavone Whitehead will remain in the DeKalb County jail as the case against her proceeds after a judge denied her request Wednesday, the district attorney's office said.

The woman's daughter, Kamonie, died two weeks after she stopped breathing at the Microtel Inn on Aug. 1. A detective testified in September that Whitehead had said she and her boyfriend, Edward Wilson, sometimes disciplined the child because she was "crying all the time." Sometimes they used a belt, police said.

Shavone Whitehead is accused of cruelty to children and aggravated battery after police say she beat her 8-month-old daughter with a belt. The baby, Kamonie Love, died Saturday Aug. 13.

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Wilson has also been denied bond.

A clear picture of what happened hasn't been made public. But police said a security camera at the hotel showed the boyfriend suddenly come out of the room in "panic mode" looking for the child's mother shortly before calling 911.

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