Woman charged with murdering child, 2
A Prince William County grand jury indicted a North Carolina woman this week for allegedly beating her 2-year-old adopted daughter to death.
Peggy Sue Hilt is charged with murder and is scheduled to go to trial March 1, said Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney Paul Ebert.
On July 2, Hilt was visiting Manassas with her husband, Christopher, and two adopted daughters, 2-year-old Nina and a 4-year-old girl who had been adopted from the Ukraine.
The night before leaving on the trip to Virginia, Hilt allegedly got angry at Nina and "shook her, dropped her on the floor, kicked her stomach, picked her up, put her in the bed and continued to strike her," according to a police report.
The child survived the four-hour car trip but fell unconscious and died shortly after arriving in Manassas.
A Prince William County grand jury indicted a North Carolina woman this week for allegedly beating her 2-year-old adopted daughter to death.
Peggy Sue Hilt is charged with murder and is scheduled to go to trial March 1, said Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney Paul Ebert.
On July 2, Hilt was visiting Manassas with her husband, Christopher, and two adopted daughters, 2-year-old Nina and a 4-year-old girl who had been adopted from the Ukraine.
The night before leaving on the trip to Virginia, Hilt allegedly got angry at Nina and "shook her, dropped her on the floor, kicked her stomach, picked her up, put her in the bed and continued to strike her," according to a police report.
The child survived the four-hour car trip but fell unconscious and died shortly after arriving in Manassas.
