Police say a Cherryville mother is responsible for her 3-year-old daughter s death.
On Tuesday, Cherryville Police charged Jenna Michelle Melton, 26, of Dellinger Circle in Cherryville, with involuntary manslaughter in the death of her daughter, Anna Lee Tadych who died on Jan. 5.
Melton was booked into Gaston County Jail Tuesday and placed on a hold. She appeared in court Wednesday, where she was assigned a $500,000 bond.
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Officers were first called to Dellinger Circle on Jan. 5, in response to an unresponsive child. Tadych was found with abrasions to her face and back, said Assistant District Attorney Debbie Gulledge during Melton’s first appearance in court Wednesday.