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A woman accused of killing her boyfriend's 4-year-old daughter will soon be out of the Charlotte County Jail, bonded out with funds contributed largely by complete strangers who read about her on the Internet.
Holli Lyn Baty, 25, was arrested Jan. 12, 2007, and charged with first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated child abuse for allegedly hurting Cheyenne Eairheart during life and in ways that contributed to her death. She was held without bond until April 25, when a judge granted her a $550,000 bond. Ten percent of the bond must be paid to get her out of jail.
One of Holli's relatives put up three properties as collateral for the remainder of the bond, while the $55,000 needed to get her released was raised through family, friends and the contributions of strangers who visited a Web site Holli's sister created, www.helpforholli.com.
"Anyone we knew we had already gone to," said Holli's younger sister, Kelli Baty. "Basically, this was the last option."
Cheyenne was found not breathing on Dec. 20 at the Port Charlotte home Holli shared with her boyfriend, Wesley Eairheart, and their son Wesley Jr. Holli was pregnant with twins at the time; the two boys were born March 24, while Holli was in custody. Wesley Jr. and the twins, Caleb James and Gaberial Lee, are now in the care of Wesley Eairheart's parents, Lori and Dave Eairheart.
Holli was arrested because, according to a police report, she abused Cheyenne by taping her eyes shut when she refused to sleep and smearing feces on her face as punishment for soiling herself. Cheyenne was in Holli's care the day of her death and sustained a fractured skull that could not have been self-inflicted, the report said.
Kelli said Holli never hurt Cheyenne. On the Web site, she writes that Cheyenne died as a result of a previous injury -- "The doctors there say it was most likely from her falling a couple days before and a slow bleeding in her brain had just run out of room. It had nowhere else to go, so it caused her skull to crack and as a result she died."
A woman accused of killing her boyfriend's 4-year-old daughter will soon be out of the Charlotte County Jail, bonded out with funds contributed largely by complete strangers who read about her on the Internet.
Holli Lyn Baty, 25, was arrested Jan. 12, 2007, and charged with first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated child abuse for allegedly hurting Cheyenne Eairheart during life and in ways that contributed to her death. She was held without bond until April 25, when a judge granted her a $550,000 bond. Ten percent of the bond must be paid to get her out of jail.
One of Holli's relatives put up three properties as collateral for the remainder of the bond, while the $55,000 needed to get her released was raised through family, friends and the contributions of strangers who visited a Web site Holli's sister created, www.helpforholli.com.
"Anyone we knew we had already gone to," said Holli's younger sister, Kelli Baty. "Basically, this was the last option."
Cheyenne was found not breathing on Dec. 20 at the Port Charlotte home Holli shared with her boyfriend, Wesley Eairheart, and their son Wesley Jr. Holli was pregnant with twins at the time; the two boys were born March 24, while Holli was in custody. Wesley Jr. and the twins, Caleb James and Gaberial Lee, are now in the care of Wesley Eairheart's parents, Lori and Dave Eairheart.
Holli was arrested because, according to a police report, she abused Cheyenne by taping her eyes shut when she refused to sleep and smearing feces on her face as punishment for soiling herself. Cheyenne was in Holli's care the day of her death and sustained a fractured skull that could not have been self-inflicted, the report said.
Kelli said Holli never hurt Cheyenne. On the Web site, she writes that Cheyenne died as a result of a previous injury -- "The doctors there say it was most likely from her falling a couple days before and a slow bleeding in her brain had just run out of room. It had nowhere else to go, so it caused her skull to crack and as a result she died."
