Mom admits to starving 15-month-old to death, putting body in pillowcase and tossing it in trash

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Montgomery County news, Maryland news.

A Maryland mom has been charged with murder in connection with her toddler’s death after she told a friend and authorities that she starved the baby for a month before she threw her body in a dumpster.

23-year-old Kiearra Tolson killed the baby, identified as 15-month-old Blair Niles, by starvation that lasted for three and a half weeks before putting her little body in a pillowcase then in a dumpster near her Silver Springs apartment on June 17. The body has not been found, according to police.

Investigators questioned the father of the victim who claimed he didn’t see her since April 17. Anyone with relevant information is asked to call Montgomery County Police at 240-773-5070.