Jury finds mother, boyfriend guilty in death of girl, 4

CLEVELAND (AP)

A jury in Cleveland has convicted a woman and her boyfriend in the death of the woman’s 4-year-old daughter.

Jurors deliberated nearly a day before finding 24-year-old Sierra Day and 27-year-old Deonte Lewis guilty on Thursday of aggravated murder and other charges in the death of Aniya Day-Garrett last March.

The girl was found unresponsive at an apartment and was pronounced dead soon after arriving at a hospital.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office said the girl suffered a stroke caused by a blow to the head inflicted between 10 days and two weeks before she died.

A deputy medical examiner testified at trial that Aniya was malnourished and died slowly.