By WILLARD KILLOUGH III
Managing Editor

CAROLINA BEACH  -   There's a new development in a case that began in January of 2020 following the death of an infant at a residence on Ocean Blvd in Carolina Beach.
According to Scott Hettinger with the Carolina Beach Police Department, "The Carolina Beach Police, Carolina Beach Fire Department and New Hanover Regional EMS responded to 707 Ocean Blvd., [on January 20th 2020] in Carolina Beach in regards to the death of an infant, identified as 1-month old Adalynn. Hettinger explained "On November 9th, 2020 a Grand Jury indicted the mother of the child, Amy Marie Miles a 35-year-old female of 707 Ocean Blvd., Carolina Beach, N.C., for 2nd Degree Murder of 1-month old Adalynn Elizabeth Garner.
Miles was arrested and taken before a New Hanover County Magistrate and was placed on a 10,000-dollar secured bond. Miles was transported the New Hanover County Jail."