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By Miriam Raftery
December 12, 2016 (Alpine) -- The Sheriff’s department today announced a second arrest related to the death of 18-month-old Leah Brown-Meza. Lilly Brown, 21, the tot’s mother, will be charged with three counts of willful cruelty to a child with great bodily injury and/or death, said Sheriff’s Homicide Lieutenant Kenneth Nelson.
Detectives previously arrested Brown’s boyfriend, Wiliey Foster, on a murder charge.
Deputies and paramedics responded to a 911 call on December 6th that reported the child had been found not breathing at the motorhome where the family resided at 302 Hunter Lane in Alpine. Paramedics performed CPR but could not revive the child.
The Medical Examiner’s office found the cause of death was blunt force trauma.
Brown was booked into the Las Colinas Women’s Detention facility in Santee.
Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call the Homicide Detail at (858) 974-2321/after hours at (858) 565-5200. You can also remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
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