PATERSON, N.J. (PIX11) --- A woman is accused of killing her boyfriend's 4-year-old daughter after the child was found unresponsive in a New Jersey apartment a few months ago, authorities said Tuesday.

Ashanti Givens, 21, was charged with murder, endangering the welfare of a child, and hindering apprehension in connection with the incident on May 6, according to the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office.

The girl was found unresponsive in the apartment near Pearl and Carroll streets in Paterson at around 8:45 p.m., prosecutors said. She was rushed to the hospital but could not be saved.

The autopsy revealed the child died from blunt force trauma to the head.

Givens and the girl's father, 21-year-old Givenchy Stewart, are accused of leaving the girl alone in the apartment for long stretche

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