SALEM, Mass. -- A Superior Court judge has denied bail to a Peabody woman accused in the death of her 9-month-old daughter.
The ruling means 37-year-old Jennifer Ward will remain behind bars as she awaits trial on a first-degree murder charge.
During Wednesday's bail hearing, assistant district attorney Kate MacDougall said Jocelyn Ward Anderson was the victim of at least three attacks that caused injuries to her arms, shoulders and spine.
The prosecutor said the baby was shaken and slammed into something during the final attack, leaving her with a skull fracture and brain swelling that resulted in her death in November.
The state Department of Social Services said the baby was taken from her mother in March after a report of neglect, but Ward later regained custody after completing a drug treatment and parenting education program.
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