A memorial for 20-month-old Cardel Williamson in the Claremont section of the Bronx (credit: Roger Stern/1010 WINS) A memorial for 20-month-old Cardel Williamson in the Claremont section of the Bronx (credit: Roger Stern/1010 WINS)

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A Bronx woman charged with killing a toddler in her care told police she threw the boy to the floor and stepped on him three times.

Athena Skeeter, 40, was arraigned Sunday on charges of manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child.

Skeeter is a licensed child care professional who watches kids inside her College Avenue apartment, CBS 2’s Matt Kozar reported.

“I feel betrayed,” father Carlyle Williamson said. “For my baby to be abused the way he was is devastating to me.”

According to court documents, Skeeter told police she had been wrestling Friday with 20-month-old Cardell Williamson at her home after his father dropped him off.

Police responding to a 911 call found Cardell lying on a bed, struggling to breathe. Officers administered CPR and rushed the boy to Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, where he died.

The medical examiner said the cause of death was homicide by blunt force trauma to the boy’s head and torso, 1010 WINS’ Roger Stern reported. A source told 1010 WINS the child was also severely scalded.

“She claimed she put him in a tub with hot water. When I saw the pictures, my baby’s burnt all the way from one side to another,” Williamson told Kozar.