The Brief

PHOENIX - A former Phoenix police officer and his wife are on trial for the murder of his 7-year-old daughter.

Opening statements began Sept. 24 in what is expected to be a lengthy trial.

What we know:

The former police detective, Germayne Cunningham, and his wife, Lisa Cunningham, are charged with 11 counts of child abuse and first-degree murder.

The state showed the 18-person jury photos and video of 7-year-old Sanaa Cunningham in the months leading up to her death.

The backstory:

Sanaa Cunningham died in February 2017 at Phoenix Children's Hospital.

Medical records state that sepsis and cardiac arrest led to her death, after a year of rapid decline. Her parents took her to five different doctors who diagnosed her with unspecified schizophrenia spectrum disorder, sayi

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