Chester mother, boyfriend charged in the beating death of her 18-month-old daughter
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MEDIA, Pa. - Delaware County officials have arrested and charged a 31-year-old woman and her boyfriend with the
According to Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer, 31-year-old Kandie Meinhart and her boyfriend, 29-year-old Maurice Davis, were charged with homicide in the beating death of 18-month-old Li’Aziah Thomas, on January 20, 2021.
The charges were announced Tuesday.
According to authorities, police and paramedics were called to the 900 block of Pine Lane for a report of a 18-month-old in cardiac arrest on January 20, 2021. Police arrived to find Meinhart administering CPR to the baby.
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A baby was beaten to death in her Delaware County home last month, and no one has been arrested. Mensah M. Dean, The Philadelphia Inquirer
When Michele Rice talks about Li’Aziah Thomas, the youngest of her 10 grandchildren, she smiles as she recalls the animated conversations the 18-month-old used to have on her toy cell phone, a Christmas gift Rice gave the child that lights up when numbers are touched.
“You just gonna be on the phone all day?” Rice said she’d ask the girl, the daughter of her son Anthony Thomas.
Then her voice cracked and she began to cry as reality overtook the memories.