Leesville couple is being charged with first-degree murder for the death of a 4-year-old girl.
Investigators determined both the 4-year-old and her 2-year-old brother both had injuries believed to be the result of physical abuse.
The child’s biological father, Logan Miller, 24, and his live-in girlfriend, Terrie Gray, 48, were arrested Nov. 6 on drug charges.
Now both are being charged with first-degree murder and two counts of cruelty to juvenile.
The child was transported to a local hospital for medical treatment, however, police say she succumbed to her injuries on Thursday morning.
The cause of death of the 4-year-old was “cardiopulmonary arrest, intracranial bilateral hemorrhaging and non-accidental injuries from child abuse,” according to Whitney LaFrance, Public Information Officer with the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).
The DCFS report stated the child was brought into the hospital with “a bilateral brain bleed, a broken humerus and a left clavicle break. In addition, she has bruising over much of her body and burns on her face, chin and neck.”
