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Criminal

Sep. 10, 2003

Mother Guilty

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside Superior Court jury set legal precedent late Monday by finding a Mead Valley woman guilty of second-degree murder for feeding her baby a lethal dose of methamphetamine through her breast milk or by some other means.

        RIVERSIDE - A Riverside Superior Court jury set legal precedent late Monday by finding a Mead Valley woman guilty of second-degree murder for feeding her baby a lethal dose of methamphetamine through her breast milk or by some other means.
        The panel also found Amy Prien, 31, guilty of four counts of felony child endangerment and four counts of using methamphetamine, a misdemean...

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