Woman charged in baby’s death
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A 32-year-old woman accused of starving her baby to death has been ordered to stand trial on a child abuse charge, a district attorney’s spokeswoman said Friday.
Ranetta Maxwell is scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 31 on one count of child abuse involving the August death of her 7-week-old daughter, Jasmine. Maxwell had previously pleaded not guilty.
Jasmine was found dead a day after a county children’s social worker visited her at the Union Rescue Mission, a skid row shelter where she had lived since birth. An autopsy report said she weighed only 4 pounds when she died of starvation, dehydration and neglect.
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-- Jack Leonard
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