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Woman guilty of obstructing probe in death of 3-year-old girl

Christy Willis was found guilty on charges related to the severe beating of Arabella Parker, age 3, that led to her death in 2019.

SUNBURY, Pa. — A jury has found a woman guilty in a trial stemming from the beating death of a little girl in Northumberland County.

Christy Willis was found guilty on all charges Thursday morning. 

Her son, Jahrid Burgess, is accused of brutally beating three-year-old Arabella Parker at her home near Treverton back in 2019.

The child suffered broken bones and brain damage and later died at the hospital.

Christy Willis was charged with lying to investigators about the abuse in Northumberland County.

Burgess and Samantha Delcamp, the child's mother, are both charged with criminal homicide and are awaiting trial.

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