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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Penn Hills, PA) A mother from Penn Hills is now charged with homicide in connection with the death of her 3-year-old son. Lagomau Malu and Adam Chirico were charged last week after their son died at the hospital on Wednesday after he was found unresponsive along Dorothy Drive in Penn Hills that day. According to police, Malu admitted to hitting her son multiple times in the head and kneeled on his chest because he wet the bed. A forensic pathologist found the child died of a head injury and ruled his death a homicide. Malu and Chirico were both denied bail and are being held in the Allegheny County Jail. Preliminary hearings for the couple are scheduled for later this month.