HOUSTON, TX. — – Charges have been filed against a mother arrested in the death of a child at 5401 Rampart about 11:45 a.m. on September 5.
The suspect, Shandricka Nakesha Mack, 27 is charged with murder and injury to a child-serious bodily injury in the 180th State District Court. She is accused in the death of her daughter, Kaliyah McCowan, 2.
According to police, HPD officers were flagged down after baby Kaliyah was found unresponsive. While waiting for paramedics to provide medical assistance to Kaliyah, officers noticed external injuries, including a black eye on her younger sister, Kaniyah, 1.
Both girls were transported to an area hospital, where Kaliyah was pronounced deceased.
Further investigation determined both girls had been severely beaten by their mother, Mack.
The Houston Chronicle reported: Mack spoke with detectives and said she only knew of carpet burns on Kaliyah’s legs but knew nothing about the other injuries.
Detectives spoke with the children’s daycare to see if they had any knowledge of the children’s injuries.
Workers with the daycare told police they’d been concerned about the children’s safety for a few months and had launched an internal investigation of their own.
Daycare staff indicated to detectives that they believed the abuse might have been going on for months, according to court documents.
Mack was taken into custody on September 21 and charged for her role in her daughter’s death.
