Shelby Co. mother accused of murder after daughter’s death

The mother of a disabled 12-year-old girl who died of gangrene and bedsores in 2012 was jailed in Shelby County this week after she was indicted on first-degree murder charges in the case.

Raven Ruth, 36, had been indicted by a grand jury in February, though she could not be charged in the case until she was extradited from a New Orleans jail on Thursday, jail records indicated.

Ruth was booked into Shelby County Jail on Friday.

Department of Children’s Services records showed that 12-year-old Andrea Ruth of Millington died on sepsis in November 2012. Those records indicated that the girl’s medical and health problems were ignored to a point where doctors had advised amputating both of her legs because of gangrene.

The girl’s father, Errol Johnson, 42, and health care worker Chasara Jones, 41, had also been indicted in February on first-degree murder charges in the case.

Staff writer Tony Gonzalez contributed to this report.