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Woman Charged With Manslaughter In Death Of 8-Year-Old Skokie Boy

CBS) -- More serious charges have been filed against a caregiver - in the death of an 8-year-old disabled Skokie boy.

Now 39-year-old Adaku Ukah is charged with upgraded felony counts of abuse and neglect, as well as involuntary manslaughter, following the death last week of 8-year-old Aiden Bard of Skokie.

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Police say that in March, Aiden was burned by bath water and died almost a month later.

The Cook County State's Attorney's office says the judge in bond court ordered Ukah to surrender her passport and to stay in her home in Chicago.

If convicted, Ukah faces up to seven years in prison.

She has another court appearance in two weeks on May 11.

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