Babysitter charged in Gwinnett toddler s murder
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Police in Gwinnett County said they arrested a man in connection to the death of a 2-year-old girl he was babysitting.
The Gwinnett County Police Department said 24-year-old Malik Kyhree Kennedy is charged with felony murder and cruelty to children.
Police said the 2-year-old s mother called 911 when she said her daughter was not breathing at an apartment complex on Venture Parkway in Duluth.
The fire department attempted to revive the child, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officials said the child had several bruises on the cheeks with finger and fingernail impressions, a swollen forehead and bruises on the body.
The other is the abolishing of local residency requirements for city employees, including police and firefighters. I think this has had a major deleterious effect in Ohio since the state government pre-empted municipal home rule to achieve this a number of years ago, and the Ohio Supreme Court upheld it. Now in the cities that have the highest crime rates, the safety forces tend to be staffed with officers from distant suburbs. They can be viewed (and sometimes act like) invading forces rather than feeling themselves to be, or behaving like, members of the community.
I heard a good interview on NPR with a police officer who bucked that trend by moving into the neighborhood he serves. Will find that link and post it.
Mt. Airy woman among six killed in fiery I-985 crash
(Gwinnett County Police Department)
A memorial service will be held today for a Habersham County woman who died in a van crash on Interstate 985 in Gwinnett County.
Kristie Whitfield of Mt. Airy was killed along with five other passengers when the van they were in rolled over near the I-85/I-985 split Saturday. Ten others in the van were injured.
Monica Manire is charged with six counts of vehicular homicide, among other charges.
On April 28, Gwinnett Police arrested Monica Manire for reckless driving and six counts of first-degree vehicular homicide. They also charged Manire with improper lane change and four counts of serious injury by vehicle.
Monica Elizabeth Manire, 32, is being held at the Gwinnett County Jail. Author: Joe Henke, Angela Chao Published: 7:27 PM EDT April 29, 2021 Updated: 8:27 PM EDT April 29, 2021
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. The driver of an overturned van in a Gwinnett County crash on Saturday that killed six people has been charged and also has an outstanding warrant in another county, according to authorities.
Gwinnett County Jail records show that 32-year-old Monica Elizabeth Manire has been charged with six counts of first degree vehicular homicide and four counts of serious injury by a vehicle.
There is also a hold on Manire s record out of Houston County, 11Alive s Joe Henke reports. The hold means she was already wanted by authorities in Houston County at the time of the crash.
Corporal Collin Flynn of the
Flynn said GCPD investigators had interviewed survivors and witnesses of the crash and now believe that Manire made a
‘reckless’ last second lane change from I-85 to I-985 on Saturday night, causing the van to flipped with 16 people inside.
I-85 Gwinnett crash victims at hands of Monica Elizabeth Manire.
Six people were killed and 10 others were injured when
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‘We are going to look into whether or not the van was overloaded, either at capacity for people or capacity for weight,’ Flynn said.
Police released the names of the six victims:
Alishia Carroll, 34, from Columbus
Kristie Whitfield, 44, from Mount Airy