BANGOR — An Auburn woman was sentenced to 37 years in prison Thursday for killing her 2½-year-old daughter by giving her allergy medicine and then covering her mouth and nose with duct tape and a blanket. Leanna Norris, 25, of Auburn, sobbed in a Bangor courtroom as she apologized and said she wished she’d sought help. […]
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Judge finds Auburn mother guilty of killing toddler
BANGOR — A Superior Court judge on Monday rejected the insanity defense of a woman who admitted killing her toddler last year and found Leanna Norris guilty of murder. Norris, 25, of Auburn, formerly of Stetson, repeatedly admitted to investigators that on the evening of June 23, 2013, she gave her daughter, Loh Melody Grenda, […]
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Trial ends for Auburn mother accused of killing toddler
BANGOR — The six-day, jury-waived trial of a 25-year-old mother charged with murder in the death of her nearly 2½-year-old daughter last year ended Thursday with closing arguments at the Penobscot Judicial Center. Leanna Norris, 25, of Auburn, formerly of Stetson, did not take the stand in her own defense. She is charged with intentional […]
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Auburn mother accused of killing child told social worker: ‘I don’t want Loh to have another mother’
BANGOR — Less than 24 hours after she allegedly smothered her nearly 2 ½-year-old daughter, Leanna Norris told a mental health worker that she decided to kill Loh Melody Grenda after the girl’s father ended their relationship, according to testimony Wednesday at the Penobscot Judicial Center. “I don’t think I can live without him,” Norris, […]
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Jury hears tape of mother saying she killed 2-year-old
BANGOR — Leanna Norris repeatedly told medical staff at Eastern Maine Medical Center and an EMT while en route to the hospital that she had killed her nearly 2½ -year-old daughter and wanted to die, according to an audio recording played Tuesday, the second day of her jury-waived murder trial at the Penobscot Judicial Center. […]
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Medical examiner testifies Auburn woman’s toddler died of asphyxiation
BANGOR — Dr. Margaret Greenwald, the state’s retired chief medical examiner, testified Tuesday morning that Loh Melody Grenda died of asphyxiation. She also said the toddler’s blood contained a toxic level of the antihistamine Benadryl. Greenwald took the stand on the second day of the jury-waived murder trial of Leanna Norris, 25, of Auburn at […]
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Auburn woman starts trial in killing of 2-year-old daughter
BANGOR — The first day of testimony on Monday in the jury-waived murder trial of an Auburn woman accused of killing her nearly 2½-year-old daughter last year was an emotional one with witnesses and the defendant weeping as the last days of Loh Melody Grenda were described by the girl’s father and grandfather in a second-floor […]
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Court documents say Auburn mom smothered 2-year-old
BANGOR — An Auburn mother charged with murdering her toddler was apparently suicidal when she drugged her 2½-year-old daughter, duct taped her face and then suffocated her last month, according to a search warrant affidavit filed in the case. Superior Court Justice Ann Murray ruled Friday morning to unseal two search warrant affidavits in the case […]
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Lawyer seeks to seal affidavits in Auburn mom’s murder trial
BANGOR — The attorney for the Auburn woman accused of killing her 2½-year-old daughter has asked that all search warrant affidavits connected to the case be sealed until she has a chance to review them. Superior Court justice Ann Murray is expected to make a decision on the motion to keep the documents secret sometime […]
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Auburn woman pleads not guilty to murder in death of 2½-year-old daughter
BANGOR — An Auburn woman charged with murder in connection with the death of her 2½-year-old daughter pleaded not guilty during her Friday morning arraignment at the Penobscot Judicial Center. Leanna Norris, 24, who police say is formerly from Stetson, is being held without bail at the Penobscot County Jail until her harnish hearing, where a […]