Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County Grand Jury returned a 38-count indictment charging Venette Ovilde aka Krisla Rezireksyon and Myriam Janvier with the murder of 8-year-old Christiana Glenn.

In addition to murder, Rezireksyon, who is the mother of the child, and Janvier, a friend who shared responsibility for the care of Christiana and her two younger siblings, were both charged with the abuse and neglect of Rezirekyson’s two other children, now ages 7 and 8.

The two women are also charged with conspiracy, endangering the welfare of a child, aggravated assault, criminal restraint and hindering prosecution.

The indictment charges that between Aug. 1, 2010 and May 22, 2011 the mother and Janvier starved the little girl and then between May 1, 2011 and May 22, 2011 they also withheld medical treatment after her leg was broken.

The other children were also starved and sustained fractures that went untreated, the indictment alleges. One had a fractured finger. The other had a fractured arm and foot.

In addition the indictment alleges all three children were forced to kneel on salt with heavy objects on their heads for hours at a time.

The indictment also charges that the two women restrained Christiana Glenn by tying her to the radiator. It further alleges that they tied the other children to the radiator.

The two women are also charged with leaving the children without proper adult supervision and not taking the children to school or providing proper at-home schooling. All the crimes occurred in Irvington, where the family was living at the time.

These are accusations. All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they plead guilty or are found guilty in a court of law.

Acting Prosecutor Carolyn Murray has announced that the cause of death of an 8 year old Irvington child was found to be homicide.

The child’s mother Venette Ovilde, 30 and friend Myriam Janvier, 23 both of Irvington, have been charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child. The mother has been additionally charged with Aggravated Manslaughter of her 8 year old daughter.

The Acting Prosecutor said that the Irvington Police Department was called to 706 Chancellor Avenue at 2:45 P.M. on Sunday afternoon, May 22, 2011 regarding a child not breathing. Upon their arrival they found the 8 year old child, not breathing. The child was pronounced dead at the scene by medics. While at the scene investigators found two siblings, a 7 year old female and a 6 year old male. Both children were taken to a hospital for observation.

Today, an autopsy was performed by the Regional Medical Examiner on the child. The cause of death was an unattended / untreated fracture of the femur in a severely malnourished child. The manner of death was ruled to be homicide.

Currently, there is an ongoing investigation being conducted by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Irvington Police Department.

The charges involved are accusations. All defendants are presumed to be innocent unless and until they plead guilty or are found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.