LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) - A Lawrence man has been arrested in connection with the death of an 11-year-old Haverhill girl in December, officials said.
Miguel Rivera, 58, was arrested early Saturday morning on charges of permitting substantial bodily injury to a child and misleading a police investigation stemming from the Dec. 15 death of Precious Wallaces, according to the Essex DA’s Office.
Emergency crews responding to a medical call at a rooming house on Jackson Street rushed Precious from a family friend’s home to Lawrence General Hospital before transferring her by medical helicopter to Tufts Medical Center, where she died the following Tuesday.
The cause of Wallaces’ death remains under investigation.
Medical Examiners have conducted an autopsy but have not yet ruled on the cause.
Rivera is being held on $1 million cash bail pending his arraignment Tuesday in Lawrence District Court.
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