MUSKEGON, MI – Mialah Leak was a “beautiful princess,” her biological family says, and her tragic death has been difficult to comprehend.

The 11-year-old girl’s life was cut short after she died at the alleged hands of her adoptive mother.

Sherry Lee Leak , 55, was arraigned this week in Muskegon County District Court on a single count of manslaughter. Leak, who has no criminal history, could face additional charges as the investigation unfolds, prosecutors said.

Mialah’s family members attended the hearing where Judge Maria Ladas-Hoopes ordered Leak be held in the county jail on a $100,000 cash surety bond.

The girl’s biological family is still trying to come to grips with the sudden loss.

Fruitport Township police responded to the Leak family home, in the Clover Estates Mobile Home

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