REED CITY, Mich. — A Hastings woman is headed to trial after being charged with murder for allegedly beating her girlfriend’s infant daughter to death.
Savannah Marie Miller, 31, had her prelim waived and the case is binding up to the circuit court, according to the Osceola County Clerk.
Miller was charged with two counts of child abuse and two counts of murder.
She's accused of beating 4-month-old Renzi McCall from Reed City to death in late July.
Amber McCall, Renzi's mother, was dating Miller and asked her to watch Renzi while she went to work at a restaurant in Reed City.
Court documents show that Miller was intoxicated while watching Renzi.
Officials said Miller, who was four months sober at the time, Door Dashed 10 Fireball shooters and drank at least eight of them the night she was watching Renzi.
Miller told officials that the entire night “was very blurry.”
Court documents detail that medical records from the emergency room at Reed City indicated Renzi had severe injuries.
Miller told officials she “fully admits that she was home alone with the baby; she is the one that chose to drink alcohol; and that obviously she is the culpable party; she is the one responsible for the injuries to the baby. She advised me that they’re not intentional, but she was intoxicated.”