Mom charged after infant daughter dies on New Year's Eve
Maya Dennis appears inset against an image of the street she lives on in Aberdeen, Maryland.

Inset: Maya Dennis (Harford County Sheriff’s Office). Background: The street Dennis lives on in Aberdeen, Maryland (Google Maps).

A Maryland mother was recently arrested and charged in connection with her infant daughter’s death, authorities say.

Accused of murder in the first degree and first-degree child abuse is Maya Marie-Iman Dennis, a 32-year-old individual as reported by the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.

The extremely young victim in the case has been identified as a five-and-a-half-month-old baby girl, Old Line State law enforcement say.

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