MUSKEGON COUNTY, Mich. — A Muskegon County mother is now facing a formal manslaughter charge in the death of her adoptive daughter.

Sherry Leak is accused of sitting on her daughter for a long enough period of time that the 11-year-old girl stopped breathing. It happened Sunday evening at a home in the Clover Estates Mobile Home Park in Fruitport.

Leak appeared in court Tuesday morning for an arraignment and the prosecution briefly laid out their accusations against her.

"This is obviously, as the Court is aware of, a very serious matter and does involve the death of the young child in this case. Certainly, this does not appear to be a case where there's any question about who is responsible," Muskegon County Prosecutor's Chief Trial Attorney Matt Roberts said. "At least the evidence a

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