STATESBORO, Ga. — A Georgia woman is now facing murder charges in her child’s death nearly four years ago.
Statesboro police say they were called to a home for a 2-year-old child not breathing in June 2020. The child was taken to an Augusta hospital and died.
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Detectives say they spent the last four years investigating the child’s medical and family history.
On Monday, the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office presented its evidence to a Bulloch County Grand Jury, which indicted Dorothy Deshay Johnson, 27.
WJCL-TV reported that Johnson is the child’s mother.
Johnson is charged with felony murder, cruelty to children and aggravated assault.
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She was arrested on Tuesday and is being held in the Bulloch County Jail.
Details about what led up to the child’s death are very limited.
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