Steven Bradly Collins, 40, and his 2-year-old daughter, RyLeigh Collins, died from injuries sustained in a car crash in Alabama. And that was just the beginning of the nightmare. Their deaths spawned immediate questions about Steven Collins’ 1-year-old son, Kahleb Collins. He shared Kahleb with his fiancée, 23-year-old Wendy Pamela Jan Bailey.
Wendy Bailey was injured in the car crash and was in the hospital, which led authorities to inquire about the baby boy’s whereabouts. More than five months later, Alabama’s Fayette County Sheriff’s Office announced it had found human remains in a burn pile on property belonging to Wendy Bailey’s father. Investigators claim Steven Bradley Collins beat his baby boy to death and allegedly Wendy Bailey and her father, John Elton Bailey, knew about it.
According to ABC 33 40, a grand jury indictment on March 19 stated Wendy Bailey had six charges listed, including aggravated child abuse, abuse of a corpse, and four counts of first degree domestic abuse. It also stated that the mother “did torture, willfully abuse, cruelly beat, or otherwise maltreat the said KRC [Khaleb] by acts taking place on more than two occasions.”
In court recordings obtained by WBRC, Kahleb’s father reportedly sent pictures to Wendy Bailey of their boy hanging from a rope, covered in blood, and another one of the child on the floor with extreme bruising. He allegedly sent the message: “He [won’t] move,’ and ‘Im so sorry,” which he later followed up with “he’s moving.” Wendy responded, “He just looks wore out and [tired] and hurt hopefully that’s all,” according to court records.
And now, Wendy Bailey and her father pleaded not guilty to domestic violence, abuse of a corpse, and aggravated child abuse by claiming they suffer from “mental disease or defect.”
For now, we await to find out what the court rules in this case. The truth is a baby boy is dead from horrific abuse endured in his short life.
If you suspect child abuse, you can call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453 (1-800-4-A-Child), or go to Childhelp.org. The hotline is available 24/7.
