Overview
- Police say officers responded at 11:14 a.m. on Dec. 30 to Sauls’ home daycare at 33 Clifton Drive, where an 8-month-old was found unresponsive and later died at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
- An arrest affidavit states Sauls told investigators she slammed the infant’s head on a hardwood floor multiple times while changing his diaper because she felt frustrated and had a headache.
- Hospital scans showed a fractured skull with bleeding in the brain and eyes, and a doctor told police the injuries likely occurred after the child was dropped off that morning.
- Sauls, 23, was arrested on Dec. 30 and pleaded not guilty to a capital murder charge during a Little Rock District Court hearing on Dec. 31.
- Family members identified the victim as Elijah Flowerday, the son of Isaac Flowerday and Trinity Russell, and a GoFundMe was created to assist the family.