Richfield mother charged in her toddler's death
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A Richfield mother is charged with killing her 15-month old daughter.
Minnetonka police say 29-year-old Rachel Reeves turned herself into authorities late last week. After a six-month investigation Reeves was charged with second-degree murder.
A Minnetonka daycare provider called an ambulance March 26 when Julia Leigh Rivera was having trouble breathing and started having a seizure. Doctors found she had massive brain swelling, tearing in her retinas, fixed pupils and a skull fracture caused by a hard object. Julia died at the hospital four days later.
The complaint says Reeves gave different explanations for the girl's injuries, but that doctors said none of those explanations accounted for the injuries.
Reeves is due in court Sept. 30. She remains jailed in lieu of $250,000 bail.
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