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Mother Charged With Circumcising Baby Girl

Melody Onyonyor

Posted: 11:35 am EST March 11, 2010Updated: 3:45 pm EST March 11, 2010

LAGRANGE, Ga. -- A metro Atlanta mother is charged with cruelty to children after authorities said she circumcised her 10-month-old daughter.

Melody Onyonyor, 35, of LaGrange, was arrested following an investigation by the Troup County Sheriff’s Office and the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS).

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Investigators said a relative of the infant’s father noticed that the child appeared to have been circumcised.

The infant was taken to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to be examined by a doctor, where it was determined that there had been some form of surgical removal of the infant’s clitoris, investigators said.

In addition to child cruelty, Onyonyor is also charged with female genital mutilation.

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