Mom accused of starving her 1-year-old to death by feeding her 250 calories a day with yogurt and vegetable pouches

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV/Gray News) – A mother in St. Louis is accused of starving her 1-year-old daughter on a diet that consisted of yogurt, vegetable pouches and fruit pouches that amounted to just 250 calories per day.

Sausha Mia Myers, 29, was charged with two counts of child abuse and neglect with serious physical injury.

Police responded Sunday to an apartment building for a “call for help.” Myers told dispatchers her 1-year-old daughter was “nonresponsive and breathing slowly.”

Officers found the girl lying on the living room floor with no pulse or any signs of life. There was also a 3-year-old inside the home…

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