EVIE GAMBLE - 2 yo - Enid OK

Enid OK ---- An Oklahoma teen is arrested after confessing to severely
beating a child. the media had released graphic pictures of the little
girl's injuries last week as police were searching for the person
responsible. Tuesday authorities called several people back in for
questioning and got a confession.

"The first step was finding out that yes she's going to be OK, and she's
going to make a full recovery," Amanda Gamble said.

Twenty year old Gamble says she is taking things one step at a time
after she found her 23 month old daughter, Evie, severely bruised and
beaten nearly a week ago. She says she left the toddler with her
boyfriend and a 17 year old babysitter. She says she did not check on
the little girl until the next morning and found her daughter's head
swollen and bruised.

"I backed up, and I started crying. I said 'Evie what happened?' and she
pointed to her head and said 'Evie got owies,' and then she hugged me
and then she said, 'Momma, are you OK?'" Gamble said.

Tuesday afternoon Enid police arrested the 17 year old sitter after
calling several people back in for questioning. They say at first she
told a couple of stories that did not add up before admitting she was
the one who abused the little girl.

"She actually got mad at the kid because the kid wouldn't stay in bed,"
Enid Police Sgt. Dustin Albright said. "She was following the kid back
through the kitchen and pushed her with both hands and caused her to
fall face-first into the kitchen tile."

It is a story the babysitter's mother does not believe. She claims her
daughter was threatened and made it up out of fear. She says her
daughter just turned 17 and just became a mother herself five months
ago.

"I think she's covering up for somebody," Carol Tunis said. "I really do
not believe she put all those bruises on that baby."

It is a cover-up to some, but a tough realization for little Evie's
mother.

"Be careful who you leave your kids with," she said. "Be careful who you
trust."

i saw the picture of the little girl omg i cried shit just dont add up to whats being said babysitter admitted to shoving the child but yet during examination they found knuckle marks behind her ear and wounds on her hands as if trying to protect herself from something i just hope the grandfather gets full custody then she will be out of harms way so sad