VA - Avarice Williams, 9 mos, left alone 16 hrs, found dead in crib, 5 Oct 2014

Laughing said:

I wanna know who selected the name "Greed" for this baby!!!

I agree with a poster on a thread about a troubled teen named Trance, names are important.

Rest in peace, little one.

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The parents, both 21, had not taken Avarice to a doctor for seven months, even when they noticed she was having difficulty breathing four weeks before her death, investigators said. Instead, the parents first called for help when they found the girl unresponsive in her crib. She also was pronounced dead at home, on the 10200 block of Aqua View Court in Nokesville.

The Alexanders were charged with felony child neglect four days after their daughter’s death. In September, prosecutors indicted them on a count of manslaughter by negligence.

Court records show that Jasmyne Alexander was eventually tried on the less serious charge of child neglect and found not guilty this month. Adam Alexander is scheduled to go to trial on the charges of involuntary manslaughter and child neglect Jan. 26.

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Police say that the baby was put to sleep on her stomach Saturday night. Later Jasmyne got home from work and the parents drank that night and went to sleep.

They t hen didn't check on their child until the next day.

Emergency responders pronounced the child dead on site at about 1pm Sunday...

Hours after the child died a page was set up to collect funds in Avarice's name.

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A Prince William Circuit Court jury this week found a Nokesville man not guilty of felony child neglect charges.

Adam Jerell Vince Alexander was arrested in October 2014 and charged in connection with the death of his 9-month-old daughter, Avarice, Prince William County police said at the time.

A grand jury later directly indicted Adam Alexander for involuntary manslaughter.

At a jury trial this week, Prince William Circuit Court Judge Tracy Hudson dismissed the involuntary manslaughter charge “for insufficient evidence,” Alexander’s attorneys, Pia Miller and Scott Newton said.

After deliberating for a little more than two and a half hours on Oct. 12, the jury found Alexander not guilty of felony child neglect, according to court records.

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