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By
Emily Carrillo
- March 11, 2025
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DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman issued a bench warrant for a defendant after she failed to appear in court on March 7 – and quashed the warrant when she appeared and pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Christian Borden, 35, is charged with first-degree felony murder and first-degree cruelty to children with grave risk for her alleged involvement in the death of her five-month-old child, Kenneth Walton, on Feb. 11, 2023, on the 4000 block of Massachusetts Avenue, NW.
According to court documents, Walton died on Feb. 16, 2023, at Georgetown University Hospital from injuries that were consistent with inflicted head trauma. He had been suffering from non-accidental trauma.
Borden originally failed to appear in court for a scheduled hearing. In response, the court issued an extraditable no bond bench warrant for her arrest.
Despite the earlier no-show, Borden later appeared, and was arraigned on the charges. Borden pleaded not guilty.
Borden was ordered to take a drug test and released with limitations.
Parties are slated to reconvene April 11.