18MO Li’Aziah Thomas Was Killed After Mother Left Her With Friends

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A child’s death in January has officially been ruled a homicide by the Delaware County Medical Examiner’s Office, according to a release from Police Captain James Chubb Monday.

Li’Aziah Thomas, 18 months old, was pronounced dead by Crozer-Chester Medical Center paramedics Jan. 20 after responding to a report of a child in cardiac arrest, according to the release.

Thomas was taken to an ambulance just outside the residence, but paramedics were unable to save her life and she was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the release.


An autopsy later confirmed the cause of death was homicide. Chubb and District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer both described the case as a very active and ongoing investigation.

Police did not respond to further questions Monday, but the Philadelphia Inquirer previously reported Thomas had suffered blunt-force trauma and severe blood loss. The Inquirer also reported the child’s mother told police she had left the girl alone with friends in the early morning hours of Jan. 20.

It was unknown Monday what leads detectives have or whether the official homicide designation will allow investigators to move on charging a person or persons with Thomas’s death.

Chester toddler's death ruled homicide

CHESTER >> A child’s death in January has officially been ruled a homicide by the Delaware County Medical Examiner’s Office, according to a release from Police Captain James Chubb Monday.

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A baby was beaten to death in her Delaware County home last month, and no one has been arrested

Police have told the family little about the investigation into Li’Aziah Thomas’ death, the family said. Her father and grandmother have hired a lawyer to try to get answers.

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[BuffettGirl]

Exotic looking, pretty little girl.

 

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The father & Grandmother are not on good terms with Meinhart, the child’s mother. Thomas, who said he was coparenting Li’Aziah with Meinhart, who had custody of the child, has had an acrimonious relationship with her since a breakup.

In a brief phone interview, Meinhart, a fast-food manager, said she was not home when her daughter died, and she doesn’t know what happened.

“I was at work. I came home, I went to sleep and I found her the next morning. Well, my daughter carried her to me the next morning,” she said.

“I don’t even know what’s going on with the case. They keep telling me I have to wait for an autopsy,” she said, before adding that her lawyer told her not to speak to anyone and hanging up.

A baby was beaten to death in her Delaware County home last month, and no one has been arrested

Police have told the family little about the investigation into Li’Aziah Thomas’ death, the family said. Her father and grandmother have hired a lawyer to try to get answers.

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I doubt the egg has been much help to the investigation.

 

[Sejanus]

Cursed the child with a preposterous name.
At least the victim doesn't have to grow up realizing her mother was a bit of a dimwit and possibly a murderer.

Too many janky pigs breeding that have no business parenting

 

[Blizzard]

There is a lot of WTF in this story, out of all parties involved.

 

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[BBBLUE77]

Beautiful girl. Filthy floors.

 

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Delaware County officials have arrested and charged a 31-year-old woman and her boyfriend with the beating death of her 18-month-old daughter.

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.

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.

Paramedics from Crozer Chester Medical Center treated the baby, however, she succumbed to her injuries and died at the scene, according to police.

The Delaware County Medical Examiner performed an autopsy and ruled the death a homicide.

DA Stollsteimer said, "Our investigation found that baby Li’Aziah suffered multiple blunt force injuries during her last night of life from the very people who are supposed to protect her."

Meinhart and Davis were arraigned Tuesday and charged with criminal homicide, murder in the first degree, endangering the welfare of a child, among other related charges. They are being held without bail at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility.

Chester mother, boyfriend charged in the beating death of her 18-month-old daughter

A 31-one-year-old Chester woman and her boyfriend were charged in the beating death of her 18-month-old daughter, Delaware County officials said.

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[Sevens My Charm]

How can such ugly individuals have such cute cherub beautiful babies?! He looks like he’s strung out on something honestly .. I so wish we could rewind time and trade out the babe with the abuser and let them suffer the same ill fate.. I truly hate humans most days..

 

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By the time paramedics were called to the Chester apartment where 18-month-old Li’Aziah Thomas lived with her family, she had been dead for at least four to five hours after being beaten so badly that she suffered massive internal bleeding, an assistant medical examiner testified Wednesday in a Delaware County courtroom.

“I took one look at her and said, ‘This is a homicide,’” Bennett Preston said during a preliminary hearing in the murder case against the child’s mother, Kandie Meinhart, and Maurice Davis, Meinhart’s boyfriend.

Purple bruises on Li’Aziah’s back and buttocks and rigor mortis that had stiffened her limbs left no doubt that she was a homicide victim, Preston said during the three-hour hearing in Chester. “It couldn’t be anything else.”

Magisterial District Judge David Griffin held Meinhart and Davis for trial on charges of first-degree murder, third-degree murder, child endangerment, and conspiracy. The two were arrested in June in the child’s January death and are being held without bail.

Attorneys for Meinhart and Davis contended that prosecutors did not have enough evidence to prove their case and asked the judge to drop all charges. Davis’ lawyer, Michael J. Malloy, characterized the case as based on circumstantial “junk evidence.”

But Assistant District Attorney Kristen Kemp said the evidence against Meinhart and Davis was overwhelming. She said they were the only adults in the apartment when the child died, between 3 and 6 a.m., according to medical evidence. Both initially lied about who was in the apartment at the time and about whether Davis lived there, the prosecutor said.

Paramedic Susan Boran testified that when she arrived at the apartment after receiving a call for a child in cardiac arrest, she saw Meinhart preforming CPR on her daughter even though the child was no longer alive. . When she told Meinhart her daughter was dead, the paramedic said, the mother shed no tears. “I didn’t kill her,” she quoted Meinhart as saying.

Shortly afterward, Boran said, she watched Meinhart use a cellphone to call the child’s father and overheard her say to him, “Your bitch is dead.”

The child’s father, Anthony Thomas, attended the hearing but declined to comment.

A mother and her boyfriend were held for trial in the beating death of 18-month-old Chester girl

A mother and her boyfriend have been ordered to stand trial in the death of the woman's 18-month-old daughter, who was beaten to death in the family's Chester apartment.

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[Sevens My Charm]

Hang them both .. give the hangman the wrong weights ..

 

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[cubby]

She was very beautiful, too bad she was born to such ugly, inside and outside, parents. Calling your deceased baby a bitch, that's just cold and vicious.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Kandie Meinhart is the living picture of White Trash.

While this is really not exclusive to men -

Why don't they get then when they impregnate a woman and treat her bad (not saying this is the case here) she will turn around and mistreat their child or allow others to do it.

Looking at this bitch the person who impregnated her probably was not shit either.

 

[Blowingraspberries]

Does anyone know what happened with the case? What charges did kandie get?

 

[Sevens My Charm]

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Last update October 2021

A mother and her boyfriend have been ordered to stand trial in the death of the woman's 18-month-old daughter, who was beaten to death in the family's Chester apartment.

Magisterial District Judge David Griffin held Meinhart and Davis for trial on charges of first-degree murder, third-degree murder, child endangerment, and conspiracy. The two were arrested in June in the child’s January death and are being held without bail.

Meinhart appeared on the nationally televised “Steve Wilkos Show” to profess her innocence. During the show, Wilkos told the audience Meinhart had passed a polygraph.

A mother and her boyfriend were held for trial in the beating death of 18-month-old Chester girl

A mother and her boyfriend have been ordered to stand trial in the death of the woman's 18-month-old daughter, who was beaten to death in the family's Chester apartment.

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In October it was transferred..
@Craygor you are awesome at court stuff.. please assist..

 

[timeywimeymommywommy]

She was so, so beautiful

 

[Kimberix]

From what I can find she is still in custody and has been in trial since July of this year with the next date set for November 21 2022...charge is first degree murder with conspiracy to commit first degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.
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And he is still waiting for trial of same charges

 

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Toddler Beaten to Death​

In the early hours of January 20, 2021, Li’Aziah Thomas, a Delaware County toddler, was beaten to death in her home. The child suffered from blunt force trauma and blood loss; her mother was at work managing a fast food restaurant and had left her in the care of friends. With the information and evidence from the Chester Police Department, a solid civil case is being brought against the toddler’s killer. The Law Offices of Jared S. Zafran represents the estate of the victim in this case.

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The family is planing on suing?

Unless the mom knew the child was being abused I doubt she will get a long prison sentence and will probably end up taking a plea deal at the last minute.

 

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She was very beautiful, too bad she was born to such ugly, inside and outside, parents. Calling your deceased baby a bitch, that's just cold and vicious.

I am pretty sure he was referring to the person the mother had watching the baby.

 

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On Thursday, 18 July 2024, Kandie Alisha Meinhart of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in a plea agreement pleaded guilty to third degree murder in connection with the death of her infant daughter, Li’Aziah Thomas, and was sentenced to 30-60 years in prison. Meinhart had previously professed innocence in the matter.

Approximately two months after Li’Aziah’s death on or about 20 January 2021, Kandie Meinhart went to the studio of the Steve Wilkos Show to take a polygraph “test” to clear her name from suspicion. The show’s polygraph operator for this episode, who was not named, was likely either the disgraced Daniel Ribacoff or his daughter, Lisa. (Sometime around October 2021, the Steve Wilkos Showscrubbed Daniel Ribacoff from its website following the publication of racist text messages he sent, but continued to use the services of Lisa Ribacoff, who has not appeared on-camera.)

Meinhart was asked the following two relevant questions:

• Beside CPR injuries, did you cause any of those injuries to your daughter that caused her death?
• Do you know for sure who caused the injuries to your daughter, leading to her death?

She answered no to both questions, and Steve Wilkos announced the results, as Li’Aziah’s father, Anthony Thomas, Jr. watched by video link:

Steve Wilkos announcing the results of Kandie Meinhart’s polygraph “test,” as the father of the victim listens.

The results came back the same to those two questions, and it came back that Kandie told the truth.

The episode, titled, “Mother Accused of Beating Her Baby to Death” aired as Season 14, Episode 120 on 23 May 2021.


A month later, on 28 June 2021, Kandie Meinhart and Maurice Eugene Davis were charged with first degree murder in connection with Li’Aziah’s death. As reported by Mensah M. Dean for the Philadelphia Inquirer:

The mother of an 18-month-old girl beaten to death in her family’s squalid Chester apartment was charged with first-degree murder and related crimes Tuesday, along with her boyfriend, who faces the same charges, authorities said.

The arrests of Kandie A. Meinhart and Maurice Eugene Davis come more than five months after the January death of Li’Aziah Thomas, and a month after Meinhart appeared on the nationally televised “Steve Wilkos Show” to profess her innocence. During the show, Wilkos told the audience Meinhart had passed a polygraph.

Meinhart, 31, and Davis, 29, face charges of first- and third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, child endangerment, conspiracy, and related crimes.

Both are being held without bail at the Delaware County Prison.

Steve Wilkos Show Guest Kandie Meinhart Passed Polygraph But Pleaded Guilty to Murder of Infant Daughter

 

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A Chester man pleaded Friday to charges stemming from the death of an 18-month-old girl in 2021.

Maurice Davis, 33, pleaded “no contest” to charges of aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children and conspiracy to third-degree murder, all felonies of the first degree.

Additional charges including first-degree murder were withdrawn as part of the plea worked out by Deputy District Attorney Kristen Kemp and defense counsel Michael Malloy.

Davis and the girl’s mother, Kandie Meinhart, 34, were both charged in June 2021 six months after Li’Aziah Thomas was found beaten to death in the home they shared.

Meinhart was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in state prison in July 2024 after entering open guilty pleas to third-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child and conspiracy to third-degree murder.

District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer previously described the girls’ death as brutal and horrific.

“A mother and her boyfriend are literally responsible for beating to death this defenseless baby,” said Stollsteimer in a release at the time of their arrests. “Our investigation found that baby Li’Aziah suffered multiple blunt-force injuries during her last night of life from the very people who are supposed to protect her. While we are horrified this crime could happen in our community, I am thankful that because of the dedicated work of detectives and prosecutors, we will be able to bring her killers to justice.”

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