Caylin Opal Marie Monroe v. State of Indiana

── Caylin Opal Marie Monroe v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-02995 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 02, 2025 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Warrick Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur On November 22, 2021, Monroe gave birth to her fourth child, S.S., a boy. S.S. weighed six pounds, 3.6 ounces at birth. Over the next eighty-five days in Monroe’s care, S.S.’s weight dropped to four pounds, 9.8 ounces. Monroe did not take S.S. to any pediatrician appointments after Thanksgiving of 2021. Between then and mid-February 2022, multiple acquaintances told Monroe that S.S. did not look healthy. On February 15, 2022, S.S. died of malnutrition or starvation.