Irvine Woman Vows to Fight Extradition in Murder Case

Neal, described by police as a 44-year-old interior designer, was arrested at her Irvine home on Thursday on the strength of Illinois indictments charging her with murder in the death of 1-year-old Danielle Christine Neal, who died in a hospital in Peoria, Ill.

[Keith Ross] asked Superior Court Judge Michael Brenner to permit Neal's 14-year-old daughter, Tressa, to visit her mother in jail. The judge said he would consider the request and rule later.

An Irvine woman who has been charged with murder in the death of her adopted baby daughter in Illinois 18 years ago will fight extradition from California, ...

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