Stockbridge woman Keanna Keys indicted for death of 2-month-old baby

Jun 22, 2017 - 19:01
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Stockbridge woman Keanna Keys indicted for death of 2-month-old baby
Keanna Keys

MCDONOUGH, Ga. - A Henry County grand jury indicted a Stockbridge woman on Thursday in connection with the smothering death of a 2-month-old girl.

Keanna Keys, 34, was indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter, possession of methamphetamine and possession of alprazolam.

According to the Henry County District Attoey’s Office spokeswoman Megan Matteucci, On March 30, police responded to a call about an unresponsive baby on Spring Street in Stockbridge. First responders arrived and rushed Two-month-old Madelyn Roberts to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The police investigation found Keys had ingested methamphetamine and Xanax before co-sleeping with the baby on a couch.  Keys is a friend of the baby’s mother, according to police.

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