FOSTER CHILD-DEATH DETROIT (AP) (wgvu) - - A JURY HAS CONVICTED A DETROIT FOSTER MOTHER OF
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND CHILD ABUSE IN THE DEATH OF HER
TWO-YEAR-OLD FOSTER SON.
WITNESSES SAY SHE LEFT ISAAC LETHBRIDGE IN THE CARE OF HER
MENTALLY DISTURBED 12-YEAR-OLD ADOPTED DAUGHTER.
CHARLSIE ADAMS-ROGERS FACES UP TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON AT HER JULY
SECOND SENTENCING.
A JUDGE ORDERED HER JAILED WITHOUT BOND.
MEDICAL EXAMINERS SAY THAT BLOWS FROM A FIST OR BLUNT OBJECT
AUGUST 16TH GAVE ISAAC A FATAL BRAIN HEMORRHAGE.
THE DEFENSE SAID THAT SHE SHOULD BE ACQUITTED BECAUSE THE GIRL
INFLICTED THE INJURIES, WHILE THE PROSECUTION SAID SHE FAILED TO
PROTECT HER FOSTER SON.

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