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Mom Charged After Baby Starves To Death

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By The Associated Press

Published: March 27, 2009

Orlando - A central Florida mother has been arrested months after police say her infant daughter died of malnutrition.

Orlando Police say Brianna Morgas-Gress was found dead in her bed in November. Her mother told police that Brianna, a twin, had a medical problem that prevented her from eating properly. After investigating, authorities said that was not true. The medical examiner's office ruled the death of the four-month old baby a homicide.

Her mother, Lauren Gress, was arrested Thursday and faces manslaughter and child-neglect charges. Her other children were placed with a relative. Gress was being held at the Orange County Jail on $12,000 bail.

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