UPDATE:
Baldwin County Jail records show Kaitlynn Dominick was released on Thursday. She was released on a $75,000 bond.
Court records show Dominick has a preliminary hearing on June 9th.
ORIGINAL STORY:
FOLEY, Ala. (WALA) – A Daphne mother accused of killing her 17-month-old son had her bond set Wednesday, May 27, 2026, a day after her arrest.
Judge Langford Floyd set bond at $75,000.(Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office)
Kaitlynn Grace Dominick, 22, is charged with manslaughter and aggravated child abuse after prosecutors said she injected a liquid chemical mixture into her son’s feeding tube, leading to his death. The criminal complaint filed with the court describes the mixture being made up of table salt and another liquid.
“I can’t discuss anything that I haven’t said in open court, so I’m not going to elaborate anything further than a chemical compound,” said Teresa Heinz, chief assistant district attorney for Baldwin County.
Hospital report led to investigation
The case came to light after the medical team at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital made a mandatory report to the Department of Human Resources. The boy, who suffered from a medical condition requiring him to use a feeding tube, had been brought to the hospital by Dominick on May 4, 2026. He died the next morning.
“Through medical testing and again, thankful for the doctors and medical staff at USA, they were able to identify some elevated lab levels that were abnormal to them and that’s when they began the investigation with DHR who ultimately contacted the Sheriff’s Office,” said Capt. Justin Correa of the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office.
Dominick made her first court appearance through video conference Wednesday from the Baldwin County Jail for her bond hearing. While Heinz did not elaborate on the exact liquid compound Dominick is accused of giving her son, she told the judge Dominick did it so she could get some relief from caring for him.
“I do believe that she did know that this would harm the child…and I do believe she did it in order, because she knew that if the child was taken to the hospital that there would be adequate nursing staff, adequate doctors, adequate medical professionals who would then be tending to that child,” Heinz said.
Judge Langford Floyd set bond at $75,000.
As conditions of making bond, Dominick will be on GPS house arrest with few exceptions. She can have no contact with anyone under the age of 18, must stay inside the state of Alabama and must surrender her passport.
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