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21:45  19 june  2017
21:45  19 june  2017 Source:   Associated Press

Pair in Illinois dead child case appear in Las Vegas courts

Pair in Illinois dead child case appear in Las Vegas courts A mother and father accused in Illinois of concealing the death of a child whose body was found in the garage of an abandoned St. Louis-area house made separate appearances Monday in different Las Vegas courts. The child found dead last week in Centreville, Illinois, hasn't been formally identified, and a cause of death wasn't immediately determined.The body was found June 6, after Elizabeth Odell-Quate went to a woman's shelter in Las Vegas and told police Jason Scott Quate had killed their 6-year-old daughter and hid the body in Centreville, an impoverished town across the Mississippi River from St. Louis.

HOUSTON (AP) — Officials say a woman has been charged with capital murder in the stabbing death of her 4 - year - old daughter at a Houston-area apartment VIDEO/PHOTOS: Severe storms across Central Texas give way to rainbows. PHOTOS: Hail blankets parts of Austin-metro Thursday.

HOUSTON — Officials say a woman has been charged with capital murder in the stabbing death of her 4 - year - old daughter at a Houston-area The relatives contacted the sheriff’s office. When deputies arrived, they found Fredricka Allen dead . Lewis is being held in Harris County jail Monday.

This photo provided by the Harris County Sheriff's Office in Houston shows Laquita Lewis, who has been charged with capital murder in the stabbing death of her 4-year-old daughter at a Houston apartment complex on Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Harris County Sheriff's Office via AP) © The Associated Press This photo provided by the Harris County Sheriff's Office in Houston shows Laquita Lewis, who has been charged with capital murder in the stabbing death of her 4-year-old daughter at a Houston apartment complex on Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Harris County Sheriff's Office via AP)

HOUSTON — Officials say a woman has been charged with capital murder in the stabbing death of her 4-year-old daughter at a Houston apartment complex.

Deputy Thomas Gilliland of the Harris County Sheriff's Office says 34-year-old Laquita Lewis texted family members Sunday, telling them she had hurt her child. Gilliland says Lewis texted family members from the hospital, where she had been taken after being injured in a traffic accident.

The relatives contacted the sheriff's office. When deputies arrived, they found Fredricka Allen dead at the apartment.

Lewis is being held in the Harris County jail Monday. Jail records do not list an attorney to speak for her.

Gilliland says deputies haven't determined why Lewis killed her daughter, though they believe she got into a fight with her boyfriend earlier Sunday.

Complaint: Woman blames video stunt for boyfriend's death .
 A Minnesota woman charged in the fatal shooting of her boyfriend told authorities it was a video stunt gone wrong. Monalisa Perez, of Halstad, was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Pedro Ruiz III.According to a criminal complaint, the 19-year-old Perez told authorities Ruiz wanted to make a YouTube video of her shooting a bullet into a book he was holding against his chest. She says she fired from about a foot (0.3 meters) away.Authorities say Ruiz died from a single gunshot wound to the chest.

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