BANGOR — A woman charged with causing the death of her 3-year-old daughter over the weekend told police she left the child in the car while retrieving trash, then fell down an embankment into a nearby river and didn’t return for hours.

Kelly Brown, 40, of Havertown, Pennsylvania, has been charged with manslaughter in the death of her daughter, Fiona Brown, who was found dead alongside a family dog in a vehicle parked at a gas station in Milford, a small town north of Bangor.

Brown appeared briefly in Penobscot County Superior Court on Monday via Zoom from the county jail, where she has been held since Sunday. There was no discussion about the allegations against her, despite a lengthy document filed by police supporting her arrest.

Brown did not enter a plea and only spoke when Judg

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