U.S. Marshals in Texas have captured a Nigerian woman accused of murdering her 2-year-old son.
Sharday Bakare was apprehended by Marshals on Monday, June 17, on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child neglect, and aggravated child abuse.
According to Shelby County court records, the Memphis Police Department (MPD) and EMTs responded to the 2600 block of Margot St. just before 6 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. They found the two-year-old boy unresponsive, bruised, and bleeding from the mouth. The child was taken to the hospital but later died.
On June 17, U.S. Marshals located Bakare at a residence in Glenn Heights, Texas. She was taken into custody without incident and awaits extradition back to Tennessee, officials said.
Last month, Bakare’s boyfriend was arraigned on charges that he beat the 2-year-old to death.
Anthony Andrews was indicted by a Shelby County Grand Jury on May 9, 2024, on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse. He is currently in the Shelby County Jail on a $250,000 bond.
According to the affidavit, the child’s mother stated that she left her son in the care of her boyfriend, Andrews, while she slept. She had recently noticed bruising and marks on the child after he was left with Andrews, but Andrews claimed they were from the child falling out of bed.
The affidavit also mentioned that the mother told investigators she saw Andrews hitting the child with a belt and a braided dog toy as recently as a few weeks ago.
Andrews admitted to police that he had hit the child “harder than he should have” the previous week. He confessed to hitting the child seven or eight times in the face and back with a braided dog toy on Sunday night and throwing him into a corner of the house.
He then put the child to bed, and the boy fell out several minutes later, unresponsive.
