A mom has been arrested and charged within the loss of life of her 14-year-old daughter after witnesses noticed her holding the lady’s head underwater in a tub, in response to police in Florida.
Kelsey Glover, 35, has been charged with aggravated assault with a lethal weapon and battery prices.
Police are awaiting a report from the medical expert’s workplace to verify the lady’s explanation for loss of life, earlier than they improve the costs, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez mentioned at a press convention late Wednesday.
Deputies responded to a Florida residence after they acquired calls about an armed disturbance. Once they arrived on the scene, the disturbance was nonetheless happening inside the house, in response to Lopez.
When officers arrived on the scene, they wrestled with Glover, attempting to get a hammer away from her, as she tried to strike a witness who was making an attempt to stop her from harming her daughter, Lopez mentioned.
Witnesses advised police they noticed Glover holding her daughter’s head underwater in a tub and that the teenager was unresponsive in an upstairs lavatory.
“They tried to cease her however weren’t profitable. Ultimately, Ms. Glover started attacking and chasing these witnesses round the home with a hammer,” Lopez mentioned.
The mom was being “a bit of uncooperative” and they’re nonetheless investigating what led to her holding the teenager’s head underwater, Lopez mentioned.
The 14-year-old lady was transferred to the hospital and was declared lifeless shortly after arriving, in response to Lopez.
There have been 4 folks in the home through the incident: Glover, the sufferer, one other baby and an individual who resides with them, Lopez mentioned.
The one earlier document of a home incident within the family was when Glover allegedly battered the lady’s father and he obtained an injunction towards her, in response to Lopez.
Detectives have opened a murder investigation into the incident, Lopez mentioned.
“It is a darkish day when issues like this occur,” Lopez mentioned.
“What occurred to her is unimaginable and we’re decided to get justice,” Lopez mentioned.