A black mother was caught on a hidden camera stuffing cotton wool from a soft toy down her child's throat and attempting to smother her

African-American Chevonne Youngineer was under suspicion of harming her child because she said that her child frequently stopped breathing or starts chocking. When the 17 year old brought her daughter to hospital after another near death incident she was placed in a room with a hidden CCTV camera. Police said that while in the room with her baby daughter Youngineer summoned nurses to say she wasn't breathing. Staff at the MUSC Children's Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina, rushed into the room to find the baby struggling for breath. They managed to remove pieces of cotton wool by hitting her back forcing her to vomit it back up. Hospital workers reviewed the surveillance footage and watched as moments before she called the nurses, Younginer tore cotton from a stuffed toy bear and shoved the stuffing into her baby’s mouth. She also covered the baby's baby’s face with a blanket. After several seconds Youngineer went back and pushed the stuffing further into her baby’s mouth and walked away. The CCTV tape shows the child struggling for breath.