A 3-year-old woman was discovered stabbed to loss of life in a Florida condo, and the mom, who referred to as the police, was arrested on the scene of the crime.
Jellisa A. Baxter, 24, was arrested Tuesday after she confessed to murdering her toddler of their North Miami Beach residence.
Baxter referred to as 911 herself at round 2 a.m. Tuesday and mentioned she had stabbed her daughter of their third-floor condo 10 Tampa Bay WTSP reported. First responders arrived on the scene and noticed the mom in a white gown subsequent to the kid’s physique in the lounge.
The responding crew discovered the toddler with a number of stab wounds and supplied medical help. However, they have been unable to avoid wasting the kid and pronounced her useless on the scene.
” … The child (3-year-old female victim) was stabbed by the mother. 911 call came in via a female alleging to be the mother. The mother is in police custody. Nothing further at this time,” the police division mentioned in an update.
Baxter first tried to strangle her daughter to loss of life however when that didn’t work, she used a knife and stabbed the kid a number of instances, officers famous within the arrest affidavit.
The paramedics mentioned the toddler had “deep stab wounds” to her chest, neck and face, in accordance with CBS News.
Court paperwork mentioned a knife was discovered subsequent to the kid sufferer’s physique and was taken as proof. Police consider it was the identical knife utilized by Baxter, as per court docket paperwork.
The mom was arrested and brought into custody after she confessed to murdering her daughter. However, Baxter didn’t give any extra particulars about what led to the stabbing.
She was charged with homicide within the first diploma and aggravated baby abuse, police said.
Police additionally famous that Baxter had no family residing within the space, including that her father is a New York resident.
The accused mom didn’t have any felony report earlier than the stabbing incident.
Julia Gutierrez, who has been residing within the space for 2 years and runs a enterprise within the space, mentioned this was the primary time she heard of an incident like this occurring of their neighborhood.
“I have four kids with me so I’m so really scared,” Gutierrez instructed the outlet. “We have a saying, you need to look for help, don’t do that to kids.”
