THE WOMAN JAILED AFTER SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES FOUND AN 11 MONTH OLD FOSTER CHILD DEAD IN HER HOME WILL BE IN A COURTROOM ON TUESDAY. FIFTY-FIVE YEAR OLD STEPHANIE CROWNOVER IS JAILED AND CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH. SHE’S BEEN BOOKED INTO THE VALENCIA COUNTY JAIL.
CROWNOVER HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE CYFD TO CARE FOR FOSTER CHILDREN. SHE CALLED 911 WHEN THE 11 MONTH OLD GIRL WAS UNRESPONSIVE. WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED ON SCENE, THEY FOUND THE CHILD HAD LIGATURE MARKS ON HER NECK, INDICATING SHE MAY HAVE BEEN STrANGLED. THEY ALSO SAID CROWNOVER’S HOME WAS FILTHY.
TWO OF THE INFANT’S SIBLING WERE IN THE HOME ALSO.
