A 46-year-old Milwaukee woman faces a charge of first-degree reckless homicide in the death of her 10-year-old daughter.
police responded to a residence on N. 44th Street just south of Hampton Avenue on Thursday evening, Feb. 10 for a deceased child
Police interviewed the older sister of Jada. She indicated to police that the 10-year-old was "acting up" the previous evening by "refusing to allow the defendant to put braid's in hair," the complaint says.On the morning of Feb. 10, the 10-year-old still refused the braid treatment, the complaint says. The older sister told police she "heard a loud bang come from inside the bathroom and rushed to see what was happening.
Shortly before 9 p.m. on Feb. 10, police were dispatched to Schlitz Park where "there was a woman on scene crying and asking for help," the complaint says. Officers arrived on the scene and located Rogers "who was visibly upset. The defendant reported running out of gas and just wanting to go home." As officers were talking to Rogers, they "were informed that the defendant's 10-year-old daughter...