Joyce Garrard , 49 , is charged with killing 10-year-old Savannah Hardin by forcing her to run as punishment for lying about eating candy . The girl was found dead in a trash bin on the side of Interstate 75 near Macon last month after she had been missing since July 4. Garrard 's lawyers have n't denied that the girl ran before her collapse , but the defense said the woman had no intention of harming her granddaughter .
Joyce Garrard , 49 , is charged with killing 10-year-old Savannah Hardin by forcing her to run as punishment for lying about eating candy . Garrard took the witness stand Wednesday to say she never intended any harm to 9-year-old Savannah Hardin . Garrard 's lawyers have n't denied that the girl ran before her collapse , but the defense said the woman had no intention of harming her granddaughter .