Bond Set At $1 Million For Mom Charged With Death Of Her Infant

An Escambia County Judge set bond at a total of $1 million for the Pensacola mother charged in the death of her 18-month-old daughter after the girl was found dead in a trash can.

21-year-old Christian Woods, told Escambia County deputies Monday that the girl had gone missing. The mother said she had gone to Mobile for the weekend, leaving the
girl, her twin sister and a 2-year-old boy home alone. The Sheriff's Office says she left six containers of Jell-O for the children to eat. There was no water or electricity in the home.

Deputies say Woods eventually acknowledged putting Myleahya in the trash can after finding her dead when she finally returned on Monday.

Myleahya Woods

Bond was set at $500,000 for the manslaughter charge and $250,000 for each count of child abuse.

The judge appointed Woods a public defender who said his client will not be able to afford that amount. If Woods is able to come up with the money for bond, she will not be allowed to have any contact with her two surviving children, Mykahla and Jaterius, until the case has been resolved.

Mykahla Woods

Jaterius Woods

The State Attorney's Office says Woods has family in the Pensacola area that could've helped care for the kids. But she never asked for help and prosecutors say family members didn't know what was going on.

Woods will be back in court November 6th.