A woman charged with murder and other counts stemming from her 4-year-old daughter's death had repeatedly slapped and kicked her before summoning an ambulance to their South L.A. home nearly two years ago, two of the girl's brothers testified on Tuesday.
The testimony came during a hearing before Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor, who is being asked to decide whether there is sufficient evidence to require Akira Keyshell Smith, now 36, to stand trial on one count each of murder, torture and assault on a child causing death involving the Aug. 11, 2020, death of her daughter, Eternity.
"My mom told me to get her some food. She didn't want any of it,'' the girl's oldest brother testified, adding later that his mother also told him to get some water for her."We called the ambulance to come and hurry up,'' he said. Matthew Holguin, a firefighter/paramedic with the Los Angeles City Fire Department, testified that the girl was pale, cold and wet when he responded to the home about 5:12 p.m. that day, and that family members said they had poured water on the girl in an effort to wake her up.
Los Angeles police Officer Elizabeth Armendariz, who was summoned to the hospital, said she observed the girl with multiple contusions to her face and"visible vomit in her hair and coming out of her mouth'' after she had already been pronounced dead.
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