Warren girl dies after suffering alleged abuse by mother's boyfriend

WARREN, Mich. – Charges could be amended from child abuse to murder for a man who is accused of shaking a 1-year-old girl who has now died from her injuries.

Lailah Ann Williams had been hospitalized since April 4 when her mother discovered her unresponsive in their home.

Police said the girl's mother had left her in the care of her boyfriend while she was work.

"From his words, she fell down the stairs. From what the doctors indicated, the injuries were consistent with abusive trauma, more commonly known as shaken baby syndrome," said Warren police Det. Corp. Jim Twardesky.

Lailah suffered bleeding on her brain. She passed away early Thursday morning.


The boyfriend, 28-year-old Gregory Lowe, was charged with first-degree child abuse. But after Lailah's death, he could now be charged with murder. The prosecutor's office will review the case again.

Lowe is not Lila's father, but expecting a baby with Lila's mother.

Lailah's grandmother, Kisha Avinger, said she will have a hard time going on without her granddaughter.

""He should have just called me and I would have came or someone would have come and picked her up," Avinger said.