Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:00

Stepmother, Grandmother Charged with 9-year-old Girl's Murder

Two Etowah County women were arrested and charged with the murder of 9-year-old Savannah Hardin.

Investigators say 27-year-old Jessica Mae Hardin and 46-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard, both of Attalla, are responsible for Savannah's death.

Etowah County Sheriff's investigators say the girl got some chocolate on the school bus she wasn't supposed to have Friday. Joyce Garrard, her grandmother, found out about the chocolate and ordered Savannah to run around the house.

Investigators say the girl ran around the house on Carlisle Acres for three hours before she collapsed. Jessica Hardin called 911 when Savannah collapsed and told the operator that the child suffered from a seizure.

Savannah was taken to a Birmingham hospital and put on a ventilator. Her father, who was working overseas, flew home as soon as he found out that his daughter was in the hospital. Savannah died Monday after being taken off the ventilator.

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