RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — A Riviera Beach mother was arrested Friday following the death of her 7-year-old daughter earlier this year.
The investigation began on April 28 when officers responded to a report of an unresponsive child at a home in the 1500 block of West 15th Street.
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Medical personnel arrived at the home and took the child to St. Mary's Medical Center, where the girl, Nia Williams, was pronounced dead.
After an investigation, police said the child's death was determined to be a homicide.
The little girl's mother, Naikishia L. Williams, 31, was arrested early Friday morning and taken to the Palm Beach County jail.
Williams was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.
She appeared in a Palm Beach County courtroom on Friday morning, where a judge granted state prosecutors' request to hold her in jail without bond.
The indictment said Nia suffered blunt force trauma to the abdomen.
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