Woman charged with daughter's death
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Posted: 8:23 AM Oct 14, 2009
Woman charged with daughter's death
A Bellview, Fla., woman has been charged in the death of her 18-month-old daughter after the girl was found dead in a trash can.
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BELLVIEW, Fla. (AP) - A Bellview, Fla., woman has been charged in the death of her 18-month-old daughter after the girl was found dead in a trash can.

The child's mother, 21-year-old Christian Woods, told Escambia
County deputies Monday that the girl had gone missing.

The mother said she had gone to Mobile, Ala., for the weekend, leaving the girl, her twin sister and a 2-year-old boy home alone.

Authorities say Woods left six containers of Jell-O for the children to eat.

There was no water or electricity in the home.

Deputies say Woods eventually acknowledged putting the girl in
the trash can after finding her dead.

Woods was charged with manslaughter and two counts of child
abuse.

She was being held without bail.

The two surviving children were taken by the Florida Department
of Children and Families.


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