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(CBS/AP) PORTLAND, Maine - A 10-year-old girl was charged Thursday in the death of a 3-month-old that her mother was babysitting, making the girl the youngest person to be charged with manslaughter in Maine in at least 25 years.
Authorities said that the infant, Brooklyn Foss-Greenaway, ingested medication to treat attention-deficit disorder and was suffocated.
But Nicole Greenaway, Brooklyn's mother, says that the girl's mother is the one who should be held responsible for her infant's death.
"I feel a little bit of relief that they're charging (the sitter's) daughter at this point, but the mom really needs to be responsible," Greenaway said. "She's the one I left my daughter with."
The 10-year-old is due in juvenile court in October. The names of the girl and her mother have not been released.
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Crimesider Staff
(CBS/AP) PORTLAND, Maine - A 10-year-old girl was charged Thursday in the death of a 3-month-old that her mother was babysitting, making the girl the youngest person to be charged with manslaughter in Maine in at least 25 years.
Authorities said that the infant, Brooklyn Foss-Greenaway, ingested medication to treat attention-deficit disorder and was suffocated.
But Nicole Greenaway, Brooklyn's mother, says that the girl's mother is the one who should be held responsible for her infant's death.
"I feel a little bit of relief that they're charging (the sitter's) daughter at this point, but the mom really needs to be responsible," Greenaway said. "She's the one I left my daughter with."
The 10-year-old is due in juvenile court in October. The names of the girl and her mother have not been released.
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