NewsApril 3, 2008
Wife of soldier charged with starving child to death at Fort Leonard Wood
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A federal grand jury has indicted a Fort Leonard Wood woman accused of starving her infant daughter to death. The indictment replaces a criminal charge filed last month by prosecutors. Thirty-three-year-old Kristin Marie Phillips faces the federal equivalent of a first-degree murder charge in the death of 11-month-old Alexis...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A federal grand jury has indicted a Fort Leonard Wood woman accused of starving her infant daughter to death.
The indictment replaces a criminal charge filed last month by prosecutors.
Thirty-three-year-old Kristin Marie Phillips faces the federal equivalent of a first-degree murder charge in the death of 11-month-old Alexis.
She faces life in prison or the death penalty if convicted.
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Prosecutors allege the baby had been dead for at least a day when paramedics and military police were called to the home. Three children aged 2, 5, and 14 were found alive.
Phillips' husband, Sgt. Jason D. Phillips, was deployed to Iraq at the time but has since returned.
Federal prosecutors have the case because it happened on an Army post.
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Information from: Springfield News-Leader, http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com
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