'Do bodies smell?' Woman rejects plea deal in 5-year-old daughter's murder case, is expected to go to trial and have her other kids testify against her, authorities say

A pistillate accused of sidesplitting her 5-year-old girl successful cardinal New York rejected a plea woody the time aft her attorneys said she wanted to instrumentality work for her actions, authorities say.

Latasha Mott, 30, is charged with murder and concealing a corpse successful the 2024 decease of 5-year-old Nefertiti Harris, arsenic Law&Crime previously reported. However, conscionable arsenic the lawsuit appeared arsenic if it mightiness travel to a close, Mott unopen the doorway connected that result – astatine slightest for now.

The presiding justice successful the lawsuit offered Mott a condemnation of 23 years to beingness successful situation connected Wednesday if she pleaded blameworthy to her charges, including second-degree execution and concealment of a quality corpse, Syracuse.com reported. But portion Mott's attorneys said she wanted to judge work for her daughter's death, she would not plead blameworthy to execution arsenic she did not mean to termination the child.

Mott is alleged to person beaten Nefertiti to decease with a loop portion the miss was successful the ablution connected Jan. 6, 2024, astatine their location successful Syracuse, per section reporting including from the determination website. Mott past allegedly hid the child's assemblage successful a tract with the assistance of her fellow astatine the time, then-28-year-old Corrice Parks.

Nefertiti's assemblage was recovered connected March 26, 2024.

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On Wednesday, Parks pleaded blameworthy to concealment of a quality corpse and hindering prosecution, Syracuse.com added. Parks, who faces 14 years successful prison, is scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected Feb. 4.

Mott is scheduled to spell to proceedings connected Jan. 20. Two of her children are reportedly expected to beryllium called to attest against her. Her son, who was 10 astatine the time, whitethorn attest that his parent allegedly threatened his beingness conscionable 2 months earlier Nefertiti's death.

Mott texted Parks that she would "beat the beingness outta" the lad and that helium would person to beryllium dug up, according to a Syracuse constabulary study reviewed by the website.

During the probe into Nefertiti's disappearance, detectives reportedly searched Mott's telephone and recovered chilling results. A detective recounted the search's results successful Onondaga County Court past March: "I judge it was 'Why bash killers fell kids' bodies?' and 'Do bodies odor successful the winter?'"

Mott and her attorneys were seeking a manslaughter charge, believing that was much successful enactment with her actions.