A woman charged in the death of her infant daughter — who authorities say was killed by an 8-year-old boy — disputes allegations that she left the children home alone to go to a nightclub with a friend, her attorney said Wednesday.
Police say Katerra Marsha Lewis, 26, left the 8-year-old boy to watch over five younger children on Oct. 11. The boy beat Kelci Lewis to death when she wouldn't stop crying and placed her back in her crib as if she were asleep, police said.
The boy was charged with murder in juvenile court and placed into the custody of child welfare workers, Birmingham Police spokesman Sean Edwards said. Lewis is charged with reckless manslaughter.
"I know they're saying she left her child there without any type of adult supervision, but that's not what she's saying," Lewis's attorney Emory Anthony said. "Right now we're just trying to find out what they have," Anthony said, declining further comment before Lewis's preliminary hearing.
The boy's mother hasn't been charged.
