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- Age in 2008: 39
- Charged with six criminal countsDetroit Free Press: Flint girl's adoptive mother charged with murder (April 24, 2009)
- Most serious charge: Second-degree murder of her nine-year-old daughter Shylea Myza Thomas
- Daughter's body was found in a storage unitDetroit Free Press: Flint girl's adoptive mother charged with murder (April 24, 2009)
- Shylea Myza Thomas was a quadriplegic
- Prosecutors state that Shylea was denied foodDetroit Free Press: Flint girl's adoptive mother charged with murder (April 24, 2009)
- Investigators believe that Shylea died six weeks before she was foundDetroit Free Press: Flint girl's adoptive mother charged with murder (April 24, 2009)
- Lorrie Thomas is the adopted mother of Shylea
- Body was found in a trash bag CNN.com: Prosecutor: Mother charged in death of quadriplegic girl (April 24, 2009)
- Seven children who lived with Thomas were removed from her homeMLive: Lorrie M. Thomas, 39, appears in court, charged... (April 24, 2009)
- The district judge Tracy Collier-Nix set no bond for ThomasMLive: Lorrie M. Thomas, 39, appears in court, charged... (April 24, 2009)
- County has stated that this is one of the worst cases he has been apart ofMLive: Lorrie M. Thomas, 39, appears in court, charged... (April 24, 2009)
- During initial hearings, family withheld commentMLive: Lorrie M. Thomas, 39, appears in court, charged... (April 24, 2009)
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Lorrie Thomas has been charged with second-degree murder, child abuse, tampering with evidence, removing a dead body and welfare fraud. Authorities have connected her with the murder of her adopted daughter Shylea Myza Thomas who they found in a storage unit in Flint, Michigan, in April 2009. CNN.com: Prosecutor: Mother charged in death of quadriplegic girl (April 24, 2009)
Shylea Myza Thomas
- Age at the time of death: 9
- Resided in Flint, Michigan
- Was a quadriplegic since the age of three
- Needed to be fed through a feeding tube
- Was missing for six weeks before investigators found her body
- Found in a garbage bagDetroit Free Press: Flint girl's adoptive mother charged with murder (April 24, 2009)
- Was adopted by Lorrie ThomasDetroit Free Press: Flint girl's adoptive mother charged with murder (April 24, 2009)
- Cause of death: malnourishmentDetroit Free Press: Flint girl's adoptive mother charged with murder (April 24, 2009)
