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Child with brain injuries making progress, family says. Mom charged with abuse remains jailed.
Updated Apr 06, 2021;
A 4-year-old South Jersey girl who was hospitalized with brain injuries in February is showing signs of improvement, a family member said.
While it seems the girl will have some level of permanent brain damage, she continues to make progress, according to her great-aunt, Anita Simms-Doughty.
She isn’t been able to talk yet, but recognizes family members.
“She’s awake and alert. She knows that everybody is around,” Simms-Doughty said.
Muniz and her boyfriend brought the child to Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill on Feb. 24, where doctors found multiple injuries, including bleeding on the brain and damage to her chest, authorities have said.
Trenton Bureau
Johnell McCoy served nearly two years in prison and in a halfway house before a New Jersey appeals court threw out his convictions, citing errors made by a judge and a prosecutor who embellished testimony during his trial. I fought for my life, to come home to my family, to come home to my kids, McCoy, 42, said in a recent interview. It was a whole nightmare.”
The lengthy appeal wasn t the only nightmare McCoy faced in New Jersey s criminal justice system.
As the appeal slogged through the court system, the coronavirus swept through state prisons. McCoy and his lawyers asked courts and corrections officials about a dozen times to release him. They cited three health conditions that make McCoy especially vulnerable to COVID-19.