Soldier's wife charged with starving 11 month old daugter to death

Army wife charged with starving daughter

The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Mar 14, 2008 5:57:28 EDT

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The wife of a soldier deployed in Iraq is charged with killing their 11-month-old daughter after the infant was found starved to death in their littered home on the Army post Fort Leonard Wood, authorities said.

The child was found dead in her mother’s arms last month, federal prosecutors said.

Kristin Marie Phillips, 33, of Fort Leonard Wood, was charged with killing her daughter — the federal equivalent of a murder charge.

A spokesman for the U.S. prosecutor said Phillips would be facing at least a life sentence if convicted. Prosecutors have not reached a decision on whether to pursue the possible maximum penalty of death.

Three other children, from ages 2 to 13, were also in the home and have since been placed in the custody of the Missouri Department of Social Services.

Phillips’ husband is a soldier who was deployed to Iraq at the time of the girl’s death but has since returned to Fort Leonard Wood. Prosecutors did not release his name.
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