A DISTURBING CRIME OUT OF NORTH MIAMI BEACH WHERE A MOTHER IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING HER THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. 1040 WITH ME. SO I’M SO RARELY SCARED. THAT’S A NEIGHBOR TO THE NEWS. THE 23 YEAR OLD MOTHER IS, THE ONE WHO CALLED POLICE AROUND 230 THIS MORNING ADMITTING TO STAB THE GIRL TO DEATH IN THE LIVING ROOM OF THEIR APARTMENT.
Florida mother in custody for stabbing death of 3-year-old child
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Updated: 6:35 PM EST Dec 27, 2022
Video above: A look at Tuesday's headlines and weatherA 24-year-old woman is in custody for the stabbing death of her 3-year-old child Tuesday.This happened in Miami Beach on NE 163 Street after a 911 call came in by the mother around 2 a.m., according to police. The victim was a 3-year-old girl, and the mother was taken into custody.In The Headlines: Hit-and-run at vigil remembering Stanley Davis III one year after his deathJellissa Amoya Baxter was in the living room of her apartment wearing a white robe, and the girl's body was nearby, according to the arrest report.Baxter told police she tried to strangle the child, but when that didn't work, she stabbed her. The girl had “several deep stab wounds to her chest, neck and face," and a murder weapon was found nearby, according to the arrest report.Baxter is being held without bond for first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available.
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Video above: A look at Tuesday's headlines and weather
A 24-year-old woman is in custody for the stabbing death of her 3-year-old child Tuesday.
This happened in Miami Beach on NE 163 Street after a 911 call came in by the mother around 2 a.m., according to police. The victim was a 3-year-old girl, and the mother was taken into custody.
In The Headlines: Hit-and-run at vigil remembering Stanley Davis III one year after his death
Jellissa Amoya Baxter was in the living room of her apartment wearing a white robe, and the girl's body was nearby, according to the arrest report.
Baxter told police she tried to strangle the child, but when that didn't work, she stabbed her. The girl had “several deep stab wounds to her chest, neck and face," and a murder weapon was found nearby, according to the arrest report.
Baxter is being held without bond for first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.
This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available.
