Georgia mom charged with murder in death of 5-year-old child

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"According to a news release from CCSO, one of its officers was waved down by a man and woman in a car Monday.

The officer said the couple did not speak fluent English, but Cpl. Lamar Brown was able to decipher that a child in the woman's lap was unconscious.

According to the report, the man and woman were escorted to the Camden Medical Center, where the condition of the child worsened.

The child was then taken by helicopter to Wolfson Children's Hospital, where the child died.

The Medical Examiner's Office in Jacksonville conducted a postmortem investigation, according to the report, and detectives found that the child's death was due to abuse by the child's mother.

The mother, Maria Miranda Alas, 25, was charged with two counts of cruelty to a child and murder, according to the report.

Alas' boyfriend, Max Mejia Meza, 23, was charged with making a false statements and writings.

The report stated that NCIS is involved in the investigation, but that neither suspect has served in the military."

Georgia mom charged with murder in death of 5-year-old child

<p>Georgia's Camden County Sheriff's Office, with the help of the Kingsland Police Department and the Naval Criminal Investigative Services, is investigating the death of a 5-year-old child.</p>

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[cubby]

I wonder what the circumstances of this are that gets the NCIS in on this? The military must be involved in some respect, wouldn't it?

 

[MildlyMedicated]

May have happened on the base there, the Mother & or boyfriend may have worked on post. Some bases like Fort Stewart, Ga. are leasing to civilians and department of defense employees.

 

[Sejanus]

She has an off putting look about her.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A woman was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated battery in the 2019 death of her 5-year-old son, Keith Higgins, the district attorney for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, announced Thursday.

During the trial that took place in Camden County court from Dec. 12 through Dec. 15, a jury also found Maria Miranda Alas, 29, not guilty of the remaining charges of felony murder, second-degree murder, first-degree cruelty to children, and second-degree cruelty to children.

The Camden County Sheriff’s Office arrested Alas — as well as her boyfriend, Max Mejia Meza, who was charged with making false statements — in July 2019, just days after the death of her 5-year-old son, Matthew Ortega.

The Sheriff’s Office said Alas flagged down a deputy and communicated that the boy in her lap was unconscious. The couple was escorted to Camden Medical Center.

Prosecutors said Alas initially reported that the child had drowned, but medical providers determined that the child was suffering from multiple blunt force injuries, as the boy had a lot of blood in his stomach consistent with internal bleeding.

As the child’s condition worsened, he was flown by air ambulance to Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville, where he died.

According to prosecutors, Meza, 27, accepted a negotiated guilty plea of five years to serve three to a felony charge of making a false statement.

Mother found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated battery in 2019 death of 5-year-old

A woman was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated battery in the 2019 death of her 5-year-old son, Keith Higgins, the district attorney for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, announced Thursday.

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INCARCERATION DETAILS​

MAJOR OFFENSE: INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
MOST RECENT INSTITUTION: PULASKI STATE PRISON
MAX POSSIBLE RELEASE DATE: 07/12/2034

STATE OF GEORGIA - CURRENT SENTENCES​

CASE NO: 916198
OFFENSE: INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
CONVICTION COUNTY: CAMDEN COUNTY
CRIME COMMIT DATE: 07/08/2019
SENTENCE LENGTH: 10 YEARS, 0 MONTHS, 0 DAYS

CASE NO: 916198
OFFENSE: AGGRAV BATTERY
CONVICTION COUNTY: CAMDEN COUNTY
CRIME COMMIT DATE: 07/08/2019
SENTENCE LENGTH: 20 YEARS, 0 MONTHS, 0 DAYS