Grandma charged with drugging baby

A Jefferson City woman has been charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly feeding a blood thinner to a 1-year-old girl.

According to court documents, Terri Chilton, 41, 720 Route T, committed the crime on Jan. 12.

A police department probable cause statement shows Chilton is the maternal grandmother of the victim.

Between Dec. 28, 2009, and Jan. 12, Chilton engaged in a series of attempted deceptions to make the parents believe the baby had ingested a rodent poison, with the active ingredient being a blood thinner.

Chilton did this in hopes of having the child's parents, who are in the process of divorcing, getting back together because they had a sick child.