PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A woman has been arrested and faces a half-dozen charges in connection to the May death of a 5-year-old on Stratford Street, Portsmouth Police said Friday.
Ekara Mikkia Cowles, 31, has been charged with the following:
- Accessory to felony homicide
- Accessory to malicious wounding
- Accessory to felony child neglect
- Accessory to cruelty to a child
- Accessory to fail to secure medical for injured child
- Accessory to contributing to the delinquency of a child
On May 28, officers responded to a call for an unresponsive child in the 300 block of Stratford Street, according to Portsmouth Police, who said the child was taken to a local hospital, where they later died.
Cowles is currently in the custody of the Portsmouth Sheriff’s Office awaiting arraignment, Portsmouth Police said…