Overview
- Officers responded to 33 Clifton Drive on Dec. 30 and found an unresponsive 8-month-old who later died at Arkansas Children's Hospital.
- Erin Sauls, 23, who operates a home daycare at the address, was arrested the same day and charged with capital murder.
- At a Dec. 31 court appearance, Sauls entered a not guilty plea and Judge Jill Kamps ordered her held without bond.
- An arrest affidavit states Sauls told police she slammed the baby's head on a hardwood floor multiple times during a diaper change, and a doctor indicated the injuries occurred after the 7 a.m. drop-off.
- Family members identified the victim as Elijah Flowerday and launched a GoFundMe, while Little Rock's Major Crimes Division continues the homicide investigation.