The police on Sunday confirmed that the mother of a three-year-old girl found dead in an east-end Toronto home been charged in her death.

On Saturday, the child's body was found in the basement apartment of a semi-detached home in Scarborough, near Midland and Finch avenues.

Det.-Sgt. Chris Buck told on Sunday that according to an autopsy on Keayanna Chambers, the cause of death as pressure to the neck and chest. Buck just divulged that officers saw signs of trauma to the body.

32 years old Charlene Chambers is charged with second-degree murder. She made a brief downtown court appearance on Saturday, and she will be brought to court on Tuesday again.

According to Neighbours, the mother and daughter moved into the basement apartment about three months ago.