'Dangerous mother' allegedly murdered 7-year-old daughter with blow to abdomen, loved ones say abuse was well known and reported to authorities

A Florida parent has been indicted connected a first-degree execution complaint successful the April beating decease of her 7-year-old daughter.

The expansive assemblage handed down the indictment connected Thursday against Naikishia Williams, who turned 32 connected Sunday. She's accused of sidesplitting her girl Nia Williams connected April 28 successful Riviera Beach. The indictment lists Nia's origin of decease arsenic blunt unit trauma to the abdomen. Cops arrested Williams connected Friday and took her to the Palm Beach County Jail wherever she remains without bond.

Whytni Walker and Rebecca Finley, who helped attraction for Nia, spoke with section NBC affiliate WPTV pursuing Williams' archetypal quality hearing.

Finley said household had agelong tried to dependable the alarm connected Williams.

"She should person been successful jailhouse a agelong clip ago," she said.

Williams "caused the death" and it was "definitely abuse," Finley said.

Finley told the outlet she contacted Florida's Department of Children and Families astir 2 weeks earlier Nia's decease due to the fact that the miss was "very malnourished." She expressed vexation thing was done to forestall Williams from hurting Nia.

"There wasn't 1 idiosyncratic who was not alert of this young woman being a unsafe mother," said Finley.

DCF did not get backmost to WPTV connected Friday and did not instantly respond to a connection connected Sunday from Law&Crime.

Walker and Finley said they won't halt until they get justness for Nia.

"We tin ne'er get her grin back," Walker said. "We tin ne'er speech to her again."

Finley described Nia arsenic a "fashionista" who loved to enactment connected makeup.

Cops told WPTV much details astir the lawsuit are expected to beryllium released connected Monday. Williams is adjacent acceptable to look successful tribunal connected July 28. She was assigned a nationalist defender.

Walker and Finley said Williams' different children are present being cared for by household members.