From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office:
[January 29, 2013, Joppa, MD] — Detectives with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division, investigating today’s suspicious death of nine-month-old Salena Olivia Weber, have obtained an arrest warrant charging her mother, Qucelia Yvette Baldero, 19, of 906 Scannell Court in Joppa with the child’s murder.
Baldero, who also attempted to take her own life by slashing her wrists, is charged with 1st and 2nd degree murder, 1st degree assault, and child abuse.
At approximately 1:33 p.m. today, Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Scannell Court address for a report of a child in cardiac arrest. As deputies arrived they were met by paramedics from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company who were administering emergency medical care to the child. The child was transported to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center where she was pronounced deceased at 2:18 p.m.
At the same time EMS personnel were also requested to treat and transport Qucelia Baldero who was suffering from lacerations to her wrist. She is currently admitted to UCMC where her condition is listed as critical.
Another heart breaking situation in Harford County.
Indeed.
That my familey that is not you you dont know what happen to that baby and you dont know if she killed her so mind your own bisness and stay out of mint and if you have something to say , say it to my face !!!!!!
that is my younger sister, the family she stayed with are some evil people. All of them. I was severely abused and sent to foster care by her father. God only knows what was going through her head what she went through dealing with that family when she was taken from my mom and given to them. May God help her
well she should got help what she goin use insanity plea post partum depression lmao that bitch move mmm lets see let me harm my baby cuz my life sucks n harm myself cover it up umm girl. 19 yoa so she could left gotten help. ..Damn shame she never make it in life eh her attempting suicide cover up she should just bleed out…i mean cardiac arrest she
should never had baby to start she did herself favor sucked up n sick women
People who have mental problems that severe often don’t even know it. The people she lived with also could have encouraged her to go and get help, she had been living with them, if there was something not right going on with her they should have been the ones to catch onto that. No one transitions from a happy young mother to someone who could make such a tragic mistake overnight. They were obviously somehow oblivious or just didn’t care.
Breaks my heart to hear this.
I’m also a relative of this family and the family is not evil. Please disregard that comment. No body is to blame. She made a terrible mistake and she’ll have to live with it for the rest of her life. That’s painful enough.
disregard my a–! The same family that didn’t have the f—in decency to call the woman that gave birth to her and let her know. You f–ers have some gotdamne nerves to talk right now with all the secrecy going on with you all we gotta jump through f–in hoops to find out any information about anything
For all the ******** out there that don’t have their facts straight get this……my niece hated her mother because she allowed her boyfriend to rape her younger sister . She and her family never saw my niece and in the last 9 months of the baby life. You didn’t give a **** about your child or grandchild when they were alive so **** off now that my niece is dead. You are the devil and my niece hats you still
There was no abuse going on whatsoever in this household. Thank God for blessing her with a such a great family who took her from under her mothers neglect/abuse and raised her.
Now let’s see here. I hope to hell this isn’t the same uncle that refused to shelter his niece after one of the many occasions she fist fought her adult aunt and kicked her out of her home. Or could this be the same grown aunt that not only fist fought her niece on multiple occasions, but also treated her own parents like shit. Because the girl confided in plenty of people about the shit she had to endure living with you all. And those same people she confided in would gladly come forth with it all. Now you all jumped at the opportunity to get them both with the past incident. You didn’t give their mother her time to do what she needed to do for the younger daughter. You did all that fighting to get the girls. For what? To treat the oldest like shit? To mentally abuse, and physically fight and abuse her? To run her out of your home and leave her with no one to turn to on multiple occasions, even her uncle didn’t want to help her? You can find those police records, it’s public information. I guess it’s not too late to try to help her now right? You should. Lord knows her path would have been different if her mother would have had her, because after all, their mother fought for her two oldest because of your family for 5 years, so why wouldn’t she have done the same for her daughters. It’s your fault, since the beginning. You all have had a hand in ruining people since I can remember. Now you try to help her and keep your guilt and fire fueling out of the light. It will stay a secret unless she comes forth with it all. Which I hope she does. You contributed to her mental state. You did raise her from 11 into adulthood right? All that fighting for her, and look where she ends up in your home, under your watch
Journalism just continues to get worse and worse. What passes for journalism. Does this sell advertising? The point of reporting news is 1) it is good for the society is serves and 2) it is a business that provides income. Something bad happened here, heart-breaking and tragic. Maybe there is something that needs to be reporting into the why of what happened so it can be prevented from happening again. But opening a free-for-all-he-said-she-said board can not be of any use, can it? Enlighten me. In the mean time, I will use my advertising dollars somewhere asides from dagger and patch.
This is tragic, regardless of the precipitating events. I’m sure that more will come to light as the investigation unfolds. Prayers for these people are what is needed.
Hey, Old Timer (and I am one too), Do you throw your money belt around every place you go? Well scared of You.
She needs to be tried, convicted and put to death! Oh wait, Gov Owe Malley wants to abolish the death penalty. She killed a baby! My children mean the world to me and I have no sympathy for baby killers. I pray for the family and the baby because they are in need of prayer. The alleged killer needs to pay!
Who made you judge, jury and executioner? She does need to be held accountable but in order to do that properly this needs to be looked at from all sides, including hers. She is not an evil monster, she is a troubled woman who made a tragic mistake. I know it’s hard but before making absolute judgments you need all of the facts, many of which lie in what SHE would have to say. That’s why you have the right to a FAIR trial in this country. We so often forget that justice is for everyone.
Oh BTW I was in the foster care system and have sympathy for abused children and am harsh on people, who kill children.
Well parent, as much as it hurts to hear someone say that about my family I cannot get mad at you for having an opinion. We all would like to think perfect of our loved ones until the unthinkable happens. I helped raise that woman and would have never thought in a million years something like that could happen. Not everyone is mentally strong enough to fully recover from childhood drama. I know that she has been through a lot as a child. I surprise myself with why I never turned out to be a serial murderer with what I went through, choked till I stopped breathing and mouth to mouthed to come back by the same person, just to give an idea. I have two kids that I primarily raise and love them to death and would never do to them what was done to me. I am mentally strong enough to know the difference between discipline and child abuse despite what I went through. There’s always a reason why people are who they are and why. Hopefully the truth will be revealed
So why she kill her baby? that’s the question and key to all this. ..
I do feel for you as a family. I remember not having food to eat and being left alone and then being “forced” into foster care. I was lucky to be in a family that treated me like part of the family. I am sorry that I don’t have sympathy for your sister, but your niece was killed and she didn’t have the benefit of living a life that would have seen her grow up and make a difference to the world. Again, my apologies for saying what I said, but I have no sympathy for her. When you walked in the shoes of a foster care child and are know as welfare children and seen the good, the bad, and the not so nice, then you can see the true nature of what some people are like. I do agree with the statement about your children.I would die for my children! Child abusers need to be treated harshly!
It’s real easy to sit back behind a computer screen and judge someone, not knowing the demons that were in that persons head. Just because you had good coping mechanisms for all the supposed harshness you endured does not mean that she was born the exact same way. I by no means whatsoever am on her side or think she had any justification in what she did, it’s obviously disgusting and inexcusable. However it sickens me how people are always so quick to sit in their self righteous computer chairs and be the judge and jury on every one else and condemn them to death. You have no idea what someone’s inner struggle/personal hell is like. Should she be punished? Absolutely!! But I think she already tried to execute the death penalty on herself and was saved from it….so what kind of punishment would the death penalty be genius?
Killing a child is the most disgusting crime a person could do. Do you think that child could have defended herself. She looked into the eyes of her mother and saw a killer! I pray for the family and don’t just sit in a computer chair and write these comments. I walk the walk and talk the talk. The death penalty should be used for killing innocent people and children. I know the shoe would be on the other foot if it was one of my family members, but I tell my children…you do the crime, you have to take the punishment. Children in foster care have one strike against them and when they get out of foster care they may have another strike against them. I am lucky that I did not end up in prison. So you can sit in your computer chair and judge someone for expressing an opinion on the death penalty. Hope your drink doesn’t get warm! I will continue to keep the family in my prayers because they are victims the horrible crime! Oh and by the way, when she gets out of the hospital, guess where she is going……The HCDC! Where are the Robbie supporters for this one? She may need mental help, but I don’t have any sympathy for someone who takes an innocent child’s life.
Death Penalty? Ask the Dr’s at UCMC, that had her on life support, who saved her from her own death penalty. Death would have been merciful compared to a life remembering what happened. This is a lesson to all the teenage girls who love worthless boys. My beautiful niece ruined her life when she met this piece of garbage from Joppatowne High School.
That “Piece of garbage” is the father of the child you are grieving, show some respect.
It don’t matter to society she baby killer regardless of judgement and there nothing else but why? What could this baby done to make her mother kill her
You better Pray it doesn’t happen to your family. Your Not GOD so who can you Judge.
Its shame you need go far in killing baby child fetus what ever regardless of circumstances you can get help n if she had past like that why have baby. .post partum depression insanity plea bullshit. ..the thought of killing her child just going kill her when she sits in prison for killing her baby n sad thing is that they have separate part of prison for ppl like her so she don’t get killed her self so being separate from inmates is safest thing n she suicidal so she be on lock down n watch i hope what she did kills her inside even more if not what she already tried
Oh my gosh please stop talking or get someone to write for you! Obviously English is not your best subject
Sam, they are from Joppatowne, much like being from Edgewood. There is something is the water down there that makes people eat others, kill people, and use poor grammar.
Thank you Sam!
Everyone is entilted to their own opinion. HOWEVER, who the heck are any of you to judge this poor young lady????? Was what she did wrong, heck yeah! But are any of you living inside this girls head??? Heck NO! Was anyone with her enduring her life struggles, NO! Has anyone ever thought that perhaps it was more about her killing herself and LOVING her child soooo much that she didn’t want to leave her on this earth alone?? The same place that treated her horribly over and over and over again her entire life? I know some are wondering/saying that isn’t love… and to you and myself as well your correct…. but not everyone loves or sees love in the same manner. If what her family posted on here is infact true… I can understand why her perception of love was messed up. The people who were “supposed” to love her all her life didn’t love her the proper way. GOD Bless the family, and GOD Bless this young lady. because I know when she realizes she is still alive and her baby is gone, she will hate herself more than any of us ever could. Rest In Paradise Baby Salena
There is no way any reasonable person can possibly justify murdering an infant. I find it disgusting that anyone can come on here and try to give reasons for doing so.
Personally, I hope she manages to pull through from her suicide attempt and has to live with herself for a very long time in prison.
I personally am not trying to justify her killing her baby by any means. I’m simply saying who are we to judge her for her life decisions?? She will have her day of judgement when she too leaves this earth and has to come face to face with GOD.
That wasn’t really meant as a direct response to you, but more as a general comment to some of the other comments.
In any case, I hope she’ll face justice and punishment here before she goes anywhere else, though all the “she will have to answer to god” type comments drive me nuts (just like people saying “it’s god’s plan” whenever something bad happens to them), but I’m not here to debate religious views with anyone.
They should let.mother die knowing baby had cardiac arrest n then mother slashing her wrist lol what another statistic she should riot in hell if she can.make it thru prison baby killer.Im.sure she have an excuse loser
she should just die n call it day
I’m sorry, was that English?
My heart aches for the child that is gone, and for the family left to mourn. Instead of wishing someone else dead, I pray the family get the help they need to get past this tragedy. I also pray that the commenters with anger spewing from their fingers are reminded of the terrible mistakes they made and wonder how many stones they would have liked thrown at them. It’s a tragedy already, and I hope things can get better.
Mistake? Killing an infant is a mistake? I remember growing up and not having supervision from day to day. She decided to take a life and play God. She will be judged for what she has done to an innocent human being. I pray for the family and hope they come through this. No one can live a normal life after a child is killed. This was murder. Everyone can blame it on the support system, but they didn’t kill the child. I have made mistakes in life, but killing a 9 moknth old is not one of them. I apologized to the family, but still find it disgusting that this innocent child was taken.
No one is happy that this little girl is gone. Rather, people are pointing out that something led to this- mental illness, family circumstance, support networks, etc. Things like this don’t just happen for no reason.
Thank you Ms R. Coming from family member, you hit the nail on the head. Seems like some people can’t grasp that concept.
A mistake isn’t deliberately killing an infant.
I’ve always been the kind of person who had no sympathy for mothers who hurt their own children, assuming they were just evil and cruel. Until now.
Everything I’ve heard about her from friends who know her suggests that she was a really good mom, who had a tough life and was going through a hard time and possibly battling depression. I can’t imagine the kind of pain she was in, and I can’t imagine the kind of pain she’s going to be in forever if she survives. It’s heartbreaking. My prayers go out to her and her friends and family. As terrible as this is to say, part of me hopes she doesn’t make it- the pain of knowing what she did will haunt her forever, and I feel like this girl has seen enough pain for one lifetime. That said, I hope that she gets all the love and support that she needs from friends and family, and I know that God can move mountains- no doubt he will do it for her too.
When I heard about this it truly broke my heart. I know her, and though I’ve always thought she was a drama queen I never imagined she would do something like this. So your boyfriend broke up with you? Big deal, there are plenty of mothers who are broken up with that don’t choose to murder their child. Post Partum? Seek help! As for the above posts about whether or not she was abused? She was treated like shit in the home she was raised in. She was their slave, babysitter, bitch. They destroyed her personal property out of spite.
That said, I hope she is convicted but I don’t think the death penalty is the best punishment. She tried to take her own life, do you really think the death penalty would bring justice? No it will just give her what she wanted. She should get life in prison with no chance of parole. At 19, that’s a very long time to sit in a small cell and think about the life that you stole from this world. Since she is suicidal she would need to be on lockdown and kept away from the general population as well so they don’t put her out of her misery.
LIES LIES LIES
SLANDER AND BS
SHUT DOWN THIS BLOG !!!
It’s funny how the family denies the truth, yet as more people speak up about what went on they want this blog shut down. If it’s not true then it doesn’t matter.
Why do people, who are obviously incaable of talking care of a child, give birth to one? Doesn’t anyone think of the consequences of their actions?
This has been a tragedy for this family. Now its time to heal and not put any blame on each other. This needs to Stop NOW!!!!!. I ask GOD to give this family the Strength to move forward. Learn how to forgive. This is a bad situation and I know something good will come from this. If you believe in GOD as I do I know he makes no mistakes. Please STOP ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Quit Judging because GOD is The only one who can judge this situation. NOT any of you who has commented on this story. What if this was one of your family member? Would you be so Judge mental. The way everyone of you are Judging my Niece will be the way GOD will Judge them. The GOD I serve is one of Forgiveness. Remember Vengeance is the LORD. We don’t have a HEAVEN or HELL to put someone in. We all fall short of the Glory of GOD. May the LORD our GOD Heal this Family.
Praise Jebus!
How can people make excuses for killing child regardless of problems there are or that is going on in your life. People go thru all types of things in life but it doesn’t justify killing a baby or child. Suicide is poor excuse for way out if ur life is messed up that don’t mean u
should take ur child’s life n yours to think.life be easier
Wish I had never some of the comments posted..So much hate filled judgement towards a person and situation you know very little about except the outcome, not what horrible pain and desperation she was going through to make her so mentally sick to such thing. Sounds like just pure hate, no common sense, no compassion, just ignorance. Life have a way of teaching you what you need to know, which is your higher self.
If it makes anyone feel better, the best of both worlds has been achieved for now as this young lady has been placed in the care of Clifton T. Perkins, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s maximum security facility. She is also not eligible for the death penalty because there are legal circumstances beyond a first degree murder conviction that are legally necessary to even face the death penalty so the people discussing that are wasting their breath.
Some of these posts are really upsetting. I see a lot of hate and hypocrisy. I can see how it would be easy to see this woman as a monster and ask for the death penalty but that would NOT be JUSTICE. That would be REVENGE. This is not a black and white issue. There are many variables that come into play here. I think Qucelia should be held accountable for her actions just as much as anyone else does, I am not making excuses for her but as I said before, the death penalty is not the way and there is one big thing to consider here. No one has heard HER story yet and anyone who doesn’t care what HER story is doesn’t truly believe in justice I have known her and her mother for a long time, my mom still lives down the street from her mother. The paternal side of her family says that she hates her mother. It seems to me that she was taught to hate her mother. It’s no secret that her paternal side hates her mother. The family wants to claim this as a family issue that they need to heal from, well that should include the whole family. Why should the baby’s grandmother have to struggle to say goodbye to her grandchild? She should not be left out of the loop because of whatever issues this family had with her in the past. She is struggling and grieving too. Instead of making her struggle harder this family should be reaching out to her and telling her what is going on, the woman lost a granddaughter and almost lost her daughter, show some respect, no matter how you feel about her she is still the girl’s mother, nothing will ever change that. The baby’s father is also grieving, and his name is getting dragged through the mud by this family, why? These are people that you are slandering and toying with and they are suffering just like you, you can type all you want about respect but it’s all hypocritical double standards.