MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — A mother and her boyfriend accused of killing her 5-year-old daughter were indicted Tuesday.
According to District Attorney Richard Milam, Amanda Hendrickson and Roderick Buckner were indicted by a Monroe County grand jury.
Their arraignment date is set for April 16 at 9 a.m.
The couple is accused of killing her 5-year-old daughter, Heaven Woods.
They couple is charged with felony murder and aggravated battery in the beating death.
Investigators found Heaven's remains in a home on Brookwood Drive in May 2014.
Hendrickson gave birth to another daughter while in prison. The baby was placed into state custody.
Autopsy reports showed that Woods died of blunt force trauma to the abdomen.
Channel 2 Action News learned in 2014 that allegations of abuse against the young girl date back years.
The state medical examiner says an autopsy revealed the Floyd County girl suffered long-term physical abuse before she died.Court records show that concerns Heaven was suffering at the hands of her own mother date back nearly two years.
Channel 2 Action News pulled custody filings at the Floyd County courthouse that show in October, 2012, father Antony Woods petitioned for primary custody of Heaven, telling the court that visitation with her mother, Amanda Hendrickson, should be limited because of violence towards the child.
Hendrickson responded that Woods was the violent one.
Woods continued efforts to see his daughter; petitioning the court in October 2013 and as recently as January 2014.
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