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Lasby Returns to Court In Child Death Case

A felony settlement hearing is scheduled for mom accused in infant death.

A Palm Desert woman acccused in the death of her infant child is scheduled to return to court this morning for a possible settlement.

Amanda Lasby, 25, has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, assaulting a child causing great bodily injury and willful child cruelty stemming from her daughter's March 30, 2011 death.

Lasby was arrested on Sept. 30, 2011 at a home on Ocotillo Drive near Grapevine Street in Palm Desert after a coroner's report showed the child’s injuries were consistent with abuse, said Sgt. Mike Lujan of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

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The forensic evidence revealed that the cause of death was attributed to blunt force trauma, Lujan said.

Lasby was being held at the Indio Jail in lieu of $1 million.

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