DANIELSVILLE - A lawyer for a Madison County woman charged with the death of her 16-month-old son entered an innocent plea on her behalf Thursday. <br>
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Hope Bertha Buie, 22, faces two counts of murder and one count of giving false statements about the death of her son, Ceasar Bolton Jr., who was found unconscious on a mattress Sept. 29 in the family's Colbert home. <br>
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An autopsy discovered the boy died after his intestine was severed, suggesting he'd been beaten. <br>
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Buie did not appear in court for arraignment Thursday. <br>
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In April, a Madison County grand jury indicted Buie in connection with the toddler's death. A Georgia Bureau of Investigation medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. <br>
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Buie moved to Tampa, Fla., shortly after the child's death but returned to Georgia to turn herself in after the GBI took out warrants for her arrest in March. <br>
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She remains in Banks County jail. A trial date has not been set.
