Girlfriend Searched How to Hurt Kids Before Baby’s Poisoning Death: DA

A Pennsylvania woman researched how to kill children with household products before fatally poisoning her boyfriend’s 1-year-old daughter—who had previously been hospitalized for eating water beads, batteries, and a screw.

Alesia Owens, 20, is charged with criminal homicide in the June death of Iris Alfera in Lawrence County, the state attorney general announced. She was denied bail.

“The details of this case are heartbreaking. It is hard to fathom someone taking deliberate steps to harm a completely helpless child, then mislead investigators about what happened,” AG Michelle Henry said in a statement.

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