Overview
- Theah Loudemia Russell, 18, was arrested after investigators said she intentionally suffocated children on three occasions as an attention-seeking act.
- Eleven-month-old Harvey Muklebust died after a Sept. 22 incident at Rocking Horse Ranch, with two earlier episodes involving a 4-month-old reported the same week.
- Police said Russell was the last to have contact with each child and displayed suspicious behavior immediately afterward, and she had worked at the daycare for three weeks.
- Russell is being held at the Scott County Jail; police said she will face a second-degree murder charge and other counts, and jail records list felony assault charges.
- Minnesota’s human services agency suspended the daycare’s license on Sept. 23, and the facility remains closed while the suspension is under appeal.