Mother Charged With Murdering Infant Daughter
CHICAGO (STMW) - A South Side woman has been charged with murdering her 2-month-old daughter last week in the South Shore neighborhood, police said.
Starkenya Banks, 20, of the 7100 block of South Yates Boulevard, was charged with one count of first-degree murder, police said. She is scheduled to appear in Central Bond Court Sunday morning.
Banks is accused of killing her 2-month-old daughter, Omaria Beckon, authorities said.
Omaria was found unresponsive at home Sept. 22 and was pronounced dead that night at Jackson Park Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
A Sept. 23 autopsy performed by the medical examiner's office was inconclusive, pending a police investigation. But police said early Sunday the infant appeared to have been shaken.
Calumet Area detectives investigated.
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