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New charges in freezer baby case

by Kevin Kistner

Posted: 05.04.2012 at 3:13 PM

Kevin Kistner

Kevin is the Senior Producer at WNWO.

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TOLEDO -- A Toledo woman who police believe is the mother of the baby found dead in a freezer is now facing new charges.

20-year-old Kenisha Pruitt has been indicted on charges of aggravated murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence. These charges are on top of a murder count she was already facing.

Investigators say Pruitt and the presumed father of the baby 18-year-old Antonio Cervantes assaulted the baby and caused its death on or about January 30. The baby was found April 13 in a freezer at a home on Paine Avenue in East Toledo.

No indictments were handed down against Cervantes. Pruitt faces life in prison if convicted.

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