Father, Daughter Plead Not Guilty to Baby Starving Death

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The father and daughter accused in the starving death of an infant girl while they were living at a Peachtree Corners motel were arraigned this week in Gwinnett County Superior Court.

Calvin McIntosh and Najlaa McIntosh both entered not guilty pleas Tuesday, the Gwinnett Daily Post reported, adding that the father gave no responses at the hearing.

• Read the Post’s report here

McIntoshes are charged with starving to death Alcenti McIntosh on Nov. 11 while they lived at Extended Stay America located at 7065 Jimmy Carter Boulevard in Peachtree Corners.

Police also found Iasia Sweeting, 21, and three other children in the room. All were malnourished and in need of medical attention, police said in November. Sweeting weighed only 59 pounds at the time.

Police said Najlaa McIntosh is the mother of two of the children, and the Calvin McIntosh also fathered two children with Sweeting, including Alcenti.

• Father, Daughter Charged with Murder in Death of 15-Month-Old Girl

Police said the woman and children were withheld food as punishment, possible rituals connected to the McIntoshes’ involvement in the Nuwaubian Nation of Moors religion.

During the search of the hotel room, investigators found “literature and notes in reference to ritualistic behavior and the Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, an Islam based cult which is known for being a sovereign group,” police said in a news release in November.

• Family: Malnourished Woman Recovering; She Lived With Cult Members

Calvin and Najlaa McIntosh were both charged with felony murder, malice murder, first-degree cruelty to children (four counts each), second-degree cruelty to children and cruelty to a physically disabled adult.

Calvin McIntosh also faces charges of rape, incest and aggravated sodomy.

(Photo: Calvin Douglas McIntosh and Najlaa Mcintosh. Gwinnett County jail mug shots)