EPTIt started with a kiss.
According to charging documents obtained by The Sun, Nicole and her half-sister, Brenda Bailey, 11, were at Monique Baldwin's house for the 13-year-old girl's party. Someone dared a boy to kiss Nicole. After the boy kissed her, several people surrounded Nicole and Brenda.
Monique Baldwin told the 14-year-old to "handle your business," at which point the 14-year-old and 13-year-old began to slap and punch Nicole and Brenda and the 13-year-old stomped on Nicole's head, according a witness statement in the documents.
Later, Monique Baldwin encouraged the 13-year-old to attack Nicole again, the documents said. When the teen hesitated, Monique Baldwin grabbed Nicole and shoved her into the 13-year-old, and Nicole was punched in the face and body, the documents said, adding that as Nicole tried to crawl away, the 14-year-old kicked her in the stomach.
According to the charging documents, Monique Baldwin encouraged the two girls to strike Nicole in the head, yelling: "We don't take body shots, we do the head." The 14-year-old jumped on top of Nicole, pulled her hair and repeatedly smashed her head into the floor, the documents said. The beating continued, according to police accounts, and a 7-year-old boy was encouraged to participate.
Later, Monique Baldwin instructed her family to shut all the windows and turn up the music so that party guests could beat Nicole and Brenda without anyone hearing their cries, the charging documents said.
According to the documents, the females stomped and kicked Nicole until one noticed that she was bleeding and not moving. Monique Baldwin tried to revive the girl by pouring water down her throat, the documents said.
The girl was accused of "faking it," and when a family member tried to call 911, she was not allowed to do so, documents said. When Keene returned to the party, she made the call.
Last night, her grandmother said that Nicole's mother, Bonita Wilson, is staying at the hospital with her daughter.
Brenda, who also suffered injuries, has been placed in the care of the Child Protective Services, police said.
The Rev. Durrell Williams, pastor of Full Gospel Deliverance Church, at 1053 N. Milton Ave., where Nicole is a junior usher and a member of the "dance ministry," said the family is stunned by the attack.
"I'm really, really appalled," Williams said. "Nicole was close to all of us. She played an important role in our lives. We have been trying to get to the bottom of this since Day One."
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