A 40-year-old woman in New Mexico is behind bars after the death of her young daughter -- and after she allegedly told the girl's older brother not to reveal what he'd witnessed. Prosecutors intend to charge Vanessa Chavez with intentional child abuse resulting in death, according to jail records reviewed by Law&Crime. She is currently being held in the Bernadillo County Metropolitan Detention Center and faces possible life in prison. "This is the most violent and egregious act a parent can commit against a child," wrote prosecutors in their motion for pretrial detention, according to the...

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