Due to the graphic nature of the case, CBS 42 has provided a summary of the charges Wendy Pamela Bailey is accused of. Specific details on the allegations can be found in the court documents below at the reader's discretion.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Court documents filed Tuesday detailed graphic allegations against the mother of a 1-year-old boy who has been missing for over three months, now presumed dead by law enforcement.
Wendy Pamela Bailey, 22, was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated child abuse, first-degree domestic violence, abuse of a corpse and criminally negligent homicide. The first three charges relate to the presumed death of Kahleb Collins, Bailey's son who has not been seen since Sept. 9, while the latter charge was related to the death of Bailey's 2-year-old daughter, Ryleigh, who along with her husband, Steven Bailey, was killed in a car accident Dec. 9 along County Road 73 in Fayette County. Bailey was injured in the crash and taken to UAB Hospital.
It was not until the car accident that police were notified that Collins, who was not in the car, had been missing since September. As of Tuesday, Collins has not been found, but law enforcement believe he is dead.
In the charging documents, prosecutors allege that Bailey disposed of her son's child sometime after his death, putting him in a bag before placing it in an outside storage building "for a brief period prior to disposal at an unknown location."
In another complaint related to domestic violence, prosecutors provided graphic details related to Collins' condition, alleging that she "recklessly engaged in conduct which created a grave risk of death to Kahleb Collins." Prosecutors argued that Bailey also failed to report John Bailey allegedly abusing Collins by "tortous means" on more than two occasions, one instance reportedly involving rope.
Regarding her daughter's death, Bailey is charged with allegedly failing to buckle her up in the car prior to the crash that killed her and her father.
John Elton Bailey, Kahleb Collins' grandfather, was arrested earlier this month and charged with failing to report his disappearance.
Bailey remains in the Fayette County Jail. No hearings have been set yet regarding bond or her first preliminary hearing.
The following court documents can be read here: