UPDATE: Canton Mother Taken Into Custody In Child's Death

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Canton, GA -- The mother wanted in connection to the death of her 24-day-old baby has been taken into custody.

Alyssa Kincaid, 24, of Canton was apprehended during a traffic stop Tuesday evening near Pinecrest Road just outside Holly Springs, Cherokee Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Lt. Jay Baker said.

She is charged with one count of cruelty to children in the second degree in the death of Ciara Campbell, who died Sunday at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta after she’d been hospitalized for three days.

Her boyfriend, 26-year-old Nicholas Campbell, was arrested Friday and charged with four counts of cruelty to children in the first degree, four counts of aggravated assault, four counts of battery and possession of methamphetamine in connection to the child’s death.

The investigation started when emergency personnel and sheriff’s deputies responded to a child not breathing call on Thursday, Dec. 10 at a home off Magnolia Springs Drive, which sits off Toonigh Road near Holly Springs.

Crews arrived at the home, and initially transported Ciara to Northside Hospital-Cherokee for treatment. She was later transported to Children’s early Friday morning and subsequently taken off life support on Sunday, Baker previously told Patch.

Baker said “multiple injuries” to Ciara were discovered and after conducting interviews with Campbell, his mother and grandmother, he was arrested.

An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday to determine Ciara’s cause of death, Baker added.

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Photo: previous jail booking photo of Alyssa Kincaid provided by the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office