LEESVILLE, La. (KPLC) - A Leesville couple is being charged with first-degree murder for the death of a 4-year-old girl. Leesville Police Department (LPD) reports investigators determined both the 4-year-old and her 2-year-old brother both had injuries believed to be the result of physical abuse. The child’s biological father, Logan Miller, 24, and his live-in girlfriend, Terrie Gray, 48, both of Leesville, were arrested Nov. 6 on drug charges. Now both are being charged with first-degree murder and two counts of cruelty to juvenile. On Wednesday, Nov. 6 around 2:30 p.m., officers with the Leesville Police Department (LPD) responded to a call for an unresponsive child found at a local residence. The child was transported to a local hospital for medical treatment, however, police say she succumbed to her injuries on Thursday morning. The cause of death of the 4-year-old was “cardiopulmonary arrest, intracranial bilateral hemorrhaging and non-accidental injuries from child abuse,” according to Whitney LaFrance, Public Information Officer with the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). The DCFS report stated the child was brought into the hospital with “a bilateral brain bleed, a broken humerus and a left clavicle break. In addition, she has bruising over much of her body and burns on her face, chin and neck.” “It’s a very disturbing case and certainly horrible case of abuse to this child and quite possibly her younger sibling,” Vernon Parish Sheriff Sam Craft said. LPD is currently working to investigate this case with the sheriff‘s office, coroner‘s office and district attorney in Vernon Parish, as well as DCFS. Anyone with information that would be helpful to the investigation is asked to call Leesville Police at 337-238-0331.
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