Credit: Orange County Sheriff's Office

Godmother allegedly beat 5-year-old girl to death

LOUISIANA- A woman has been arrested and charged for allegedly killing her god-daughter.

According to WWLTV, 5-year-old Daviana Landry’s family decided to leave her with her godmother, Brenika Lott, 32, the day after Father’s Day.

Police were called to Lott’s home on June 26th. When they arrived, according, Lott was performing CPR on Daviana.

The child had bruises on her arms, face, chest, and her eyes were “swollen shut”.

Lott’s told police many excuses, telling them that Deviana had an injury to her back because she slipped and fell, but according to her 11-year-old son, he told police that he witnessed his mother beating, slapping and choking Deviana.

Deviana’s autopsy report shows that she died from blunt force trauma.

She had suffered from “craniocerebral trauma, to include skull fractures, subdural hemorrhage, and brainstem contusions”.

Lotts was charged with capital murder.

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