Forsyth mother pleads not guilty after child’s death

FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Forsyth mother accused of being involved in the death of her five-year-old daughter plead not guilty in a courtroom on Thursday.

District Attorney Richard Milam is seeking the death penalty against Amanda Hendrickson. Her daughter’s, Heaven Woods, body was discovered at home Hendrickson and her boyfriend, Roderick Buckner, lived at on Brookwood Drive in Forsyth in 2014.

Medical examiners determined Woods died from a blow to the stomach and they also discovered several other injuries around her body.

Buckner was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to Woods’ death.

Milam tells 41NBC the next time Hendrickson will appear in court is scheduled for December 21^st.