11-year-old girl ruled incompetent to stand trial in death of infant
SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) -- A Maine judge has ruled that an 11-year-old girl charged in the death of an infant remains incompetent to stand trial.
The Fairfield girl's detention and conditions of release are unchanged, pending further discussion of her ability to stand trial, Judge Charles LaVerdiere said Friday.
LaVerdiere said there is a substantial probability the girl will be competent to stand trial in the foreseeable future, the Morning Sentinel reported (http://bit.ly/1155a1d ).
She is charged with manslaughter in the July 8 death of 3-month-old Brooklyn Foss-Greenaway. The infant was staying overnight at the home of girl's mother, who was babysitting her.
The infant's mother was told the baby died from suffocation and had trace amounts of a medication that the girl had been taking in her system.
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She was known to have serious problems. She should never have been left alone with the infant. She should not have had access to her meds; simply been given her dose and made certain that she took it. If anyone should have been charged, it is her mother.
It doesn't matter if she is ever competent to stand trial. She was not competent at the time the infant died. E.O.S. 
