Mom charged in child’s death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The mother of a disabled 12-year-old girl who died of gangrene and bedsores in 2012 has been jailed in Shelby County after being indicted on first-degree murder charges.
The Tennessean reported that 36-year-old Raven Ruth had been indicted by a grand jury in February, though she could not be charged in the case until she was extradited from a New Orleans jail on Thursday and booked into Shelby County Jail on Friday.
Department of Children’s Services records showed that 12-year-old Andrea Ruth of Millington died of sepsis in November 2012. The records indicated that the girl’s medical problems were ignored and doctors advised amputating both of her legs.
The girl’s father, 42-year-old Errol Johnson, 42, and health care worker Chasara Jones, 41, also were indicted on first-degree murder charges.
Learn to build a rain barrel
FORT PAYNE, Ala. – A class set for June 10 will teach people how and to build a rain barrel.