A terrible bloody crime took place in the US state of Texas this weekend. A mother stabbed and strangled her five-year-old daughter in a park in Tomball Township. Her daughter was “nasty,” the 37-year-old said when questioned.
Melissa Towne, who her lawyer says suffers from schizophrenia, confessed to the horrific crime, US media report. The crime took place on Sunday, on Monday a murder charge against the woman was filed in court and a bail of $15 million was imposed.
Doctors couldn’t help girls anymore
After the 37-year-old woman stabbed and then strangled her child, she put a plastic bag over her daughter’s head. Then Towne got the girl in her Jeep Cherokeepacked up and driven to the local hospital, local TV station KPRC reported. An emergency room nurse found the girl, but all help came too late. The doctors could only determine the death of the five-year-old.
Towne was already known to Child Protective Services. The woman’s other three children were placed in foster care. Neighbors have called the police several times in the past because of their behavior, local Sheriff Ed Gonzales reports.
Source: Krone
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