Andrea Walker
Aniston WalkerMEMPHIS – The lawyer for a Memphis woman whose 7-week-old daughter has been missing for five days said Monday that abuse and neglect charges against her should be dropped, but he is also preparing for the possibility that charges could be upgraded to homicide.
Andrea Walker, 33, wore an orange jail jumpsuit during a brief court appearance Monday in General Sessions Court. She has been charged with aggravated child abuse and neglect in the disappearance of her daughter, Aniston Walker, who was reported missing Thursday.
Police said Walker told them she left the baby at home with her 3-year-old son while she took her 5-year-old son to school Thursday. When she returned home, the baby was gone, but the 3-year-old was still there, she said.
Walker said there was no sign of a break-in and only two other people had keys to the house, according to an arrest affidavit. She said she called the baby’s father, who reported her missing.
Police used cadaver dogs to scour homes, backyards and a pond in the northeast Memphis neighborhood where Walker lived with her three children. Police suspended the search Saturday after three days of looking.