Za'Naya Flores

                     

Za'Naya Flores 

March 15 2010 - January 12 2012

Age: 21 months old 

Za'Naya had been starved and abused by her own mother for the weeks leading up to her death. Za'Naya's mother have birth to her while she was in prison and Za'Naya was taken away from social services. In April 2011, Za'Naya was returned to her mother, Kiyanna Higgins.

In January 2012, Kiyanna called 911 to report that her daughter was having a seizure. Za'Naya was taken to the hospital, but was dead before she arrived, and it was discovered she had burn marks, bruises and scars on her body, these injuries suggested that she had been abused. Police found similar marks as well as signs of malnourishment on another child in the home, Za'Naya's older brother.

In the bedroom, Police found that there were cigarette butts on everything, including the bed. Holes in the walls had been covered with duct tape and there was very little food in the home other than some frozen meals and a few condiments. Police said that Za'Naya looked to be about one year old even though she was actually 21 months old. One of her siblings, a brother, was underweight, had multiple bruises and it would later be thought that he was suffering from brain damage due to malnutrition.

In July 2014, Kiyanna was sentenced to 2 years in prison. Now, she is free women.