Mother of Memphis baby pleads not guilty in her death

photo This image provided by the Shelby County Sheriff's Office on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, shows Andrea Walker. Walker, the mother of a 7-week-old Memphis baby who went missing more than five weeks ago has been charged with first-degree murder, a day after the infant's body was discovered in a ditch in Millington, about a half-hour north of Memphis.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Memphis woman has pleaded not guilty in the death of her 7-week-old daughter, whose body was found more than five weeks after she went missing.

The Commercial Appeal reports 33-year-old Andrea Walker is being held without bond and is due to return to court Feb. 27. Walker's attorney expects to ask for a bond hearing.

Walker is charged with first-degree murder in the perpetration of aggravated child neglect or endangerment and aggravated child abuse.

Andrea Walker told police that Aniston Walker disappeared Jan. 9 after she left the baby at home with her 3-year-old child while taking her 5-year-old child to school.

Police searched for the baby with no results. On Sunday, a motorcyclist who has stopped in Millington saw the body in a ditch and called police.

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