Kamden V. Johnson Case Summary

On Monday August 21st, A body of a 5-year-old boy was found dead in A drive way of a home in West Mobile. The next day a daycare worker had been arrested and charged with abuse of a corpse.
The name of the little boy was Kamden Dewan Johnson. Johnson was found dead in the 2100 block of Demotropolis Road in the drive way. The day after Patterson, a day care worker, was charged in the incident. She was charged with abuse of the corpse. Following the hearing, Rich stated that paperwork had been filed to add an additional charge of manslaughter against Patterson. When officers arrived in the area, police found Kamden's body. "We were able to make an arrest late Monday night of Valarie Rena Patterson," said Battiste. She came in on her own and spoke with our officers and subsequently she was later she was charged. They said she was somewhat cooperative.
She said Patterson typically starts her day by picking up the van from another daycare facility on Hall Mills Road and then returns to start morning drop offs. "She comes here and gets her students and verifies that she has everyone," said Anderson. "She transports them to three locations on that route”. Anderson says after the morning drop offs are completed, Patterson would bring the van back to the Halls Mills Road location and pick up her personal vehicle. "That should be right around 1 o'clock," said Anderson. "It's a split shift so she's only working a couple hours in the morning and just a van run in the evening."
She said when Patterson returned from her afternoon drop offs she told her that she did not pick up Johnson. "She told me Kamden did not ride yesterday evening," said Anderson. "I told her normally his mom would text and let me know, but I would call her to find out”. Anderson said by that time Mobile police had arrived at the location to question