An 11-year-old girl has been charged with murdering a two-month-old baby by
beating her to death.Zuri Whitehead died after suffering massive internal
injuries to her brain, liver, spleen and kidney, police said.
The girl had been left in the care of a babysitter at her
home near Cleveland,
Ohio,on Friday.When the babysitter fell asleep, her 11-year-old daughter -
who cannot be named for legal reasons - took the infant upstairs, a court
heard.Sometime later, the girl came downstairs and shook her
mother awake saying something was wrong with the baby.Zuri was taken to hospital, but
later died from her injuries.
A coroner later determined the cause of death as homicide
and the girl was charged with murder.She appeared in front of a juvenile court on Monday, wearing
shackles around her feet.The girl was asked if she understood the charges and replied
yes.The judge ordered her to undergo a mental competency exam
before she appears in court again.Police officers
have been offered counselling as a result of dealing with such a traumatic
case."We're trying to figure out what would motivate someone
to do something like that," Wickliffe Police Chief Randy Ice told
reporters."And so far, we haven't come up with an answer."
Via.Mirror uk
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