Foster mom of drowned 2-year-old charged with child neglect

BEMIDJI—The foster mother of a 2-year-old girl who drowned last June has been charged with child neglect.

Amanda White, 33, of Bemidji, lived with and was engaged to the Bemidji man convicted of second-degree manslaughter in connection with their foster daughter Kira Friedman's death. Friedman died June 5 after Jackson left her unattended in the shower along with an 18-gallon Rubbermaid tote without holes.

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