Two parents pleaded guilty on Feb. 26 to fatal first-degree child abuse for starving their daughter, 5-year-old Zona Byrd, to death last October at their East Baltimore home.
Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton presided over their joint plea.
33-year-old Bernice Byrd and 36-year-old Gerald Byrd of Baltimore were also convicted for the starvation of Zona’s six-year-old brother, who was hospitalized at Johns Hopkins Hospital and later recovered. Their remaining two children were reportedly placed under the custody of relatives…