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PublishedSeptember 5, 2021
State had prior involvement in most child homicide cases in Maine
A Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram analysis of newly released details going back 14 years shows DHHS had contact with most of those families before the children were killed.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2020
State was aware of concerns but failed to save the child, document reveals
Child welfare caseworkers, police, school officials and others had frequent contact with the family of Marissa Kennedy, 10, but the girl was never removed from the home.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2019
Jury finds Sharon Carrillo guilty of murder in death of 10-year-old daughter
Prosecutors say they will seek a life sentence for the 35-year-old mother in the February 2018 death of Marissa Kennedy, who had been abused for months.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2019
Fate of mother charged with murder rests with jury after attorneys make closing arguments
While Sharon Carrillo's attorneys contend she falsely confessed to beating her 10-year-old daughter, prosecutors say she's guilty of participating in or facilitating the abuse that eventually killed Marissa Kennedy.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2019
Defense in mother’s murder trial depicts her as victim of violent, controlling husband
Sharon Carrillo is charged with causing the death of her 10-year-old daughter by participating in months of beatings with her husband, Julio Carrillo, who pleaded guilty to murder.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2019
Mother describes woman charged with murder as a ‘child in a woman’s body’
Sharon Carrillo's parents testify that her husband coerced her into telling police that she participated in the beatings that led to the death of her daughter, 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2019
Girl’s heart ‘gave out’ after months of abuse, doctor tells jurors
The state medical examiner, Dr. Mark Flomenbaum, details 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy's many injuries in testimony in the murder trial of her mother, Sharon Carrillo.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2019
Punishments ‘got out of hand’ before 10-year-old girl died, prosecutor tells jurors
Sharon Carrillo, who is being tried on a murder charge in the death of Marissa Kennedy, participated in the killing to which her husband, Julio Carrillo, has pleaded guilty, prosecutors said in opening statements.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2019
Jury selection set to begin for mother charged with fatally abusing daughter
Sharon Carrillo's murder trial could start as early as Friday, as the judge hears motions on the display of graphic photos and the abuse Carrillo allegedly suffered at her husband's hands.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2019
Stepfather gets 55 years for murdering girl, in abuse case that exposed flaws in child protection system
Julio Carrillo had pleaded guilty to what the judge called the ‘formalized and repeatedly ritual torture’ of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy. His family members asked the judge for mercy during an emotional sentencing hearing.
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