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October 15, 2007

Trial begins for woman accused of killing daughter

Jury selection began this morning in the murder trial of a former Warwick woman whose 19-month old daughter died in late 2002 from head and trauma injuries.

The trial of Kimberly Mawson, 37, in Superior Court, Warwick, is expected to continue for a couple of weeks, according to Associate Justice Edwin J. Gale, who is presiding. Jury selection is expected to take all day.

Mawson was arrested in May 2005 in Connecticut after a grand jury handed up a secret indictment charging her with the death of her daughter, Jade. Her trial begins today in Superior Court, Warwick.

Jade Mawson died of “injuries of the head and torso due to blunt-force trauma,” according to the medical examiner.

Mawson, who had moved to Winchester, Conn., after the death of her baby, waived her right to an extradition hearing.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Talia Buford.

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