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Judge: Valley mom starved daughter to death, gets lifetime probation

Reported by: Trevor Ravenscraft
Email: travenscraft@abc15.com
Last Update: 10/31/2008 8:17 pm

PHOENIX -- A judge sentenced a west Phoenix woman to lifetime probation Tuesday after she admitted to starving her 2-year-old daughter to death.

Eboni Perri, 26, had earlier pleaded guilty to charges of attempted child abuse.

Her daughter, Nakeisha Walker, was pronounced dead at a Phoenix hospital on March 5th, 2005.
 
She weighed only 14 pounds at the time.
 
After Nakeisha's death, police searched Perri's apartment near 27th Avenue and Indian School Road.
 
Officers found no baby formula, cups, plates or utensils.
 
They did find a $15,000 life insurance policy Perri took out on her daughter seven days before her death. 
 
Nakeisha was born in March 2003 with neurological problems because of prenatal cocaine and marijuana in her system, according to prosecutors.
 
Child Protective Services say they went to Perri's home five times after receiving complaints Nakeisha was being neglected.
 



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