Mother accused of cutting daughter's throat, putting trash bag on head acquitted of murder

[Starmix]

According to the report, a Texas woman accused of killing her 5-year-old daughter has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Melissa Towne allegedly confessed to cutting her daughter Nichole Bradshaw-Towne's throat and suffocating her with a trash bag.

Prosecutors said Towne slit Nichole's throat and, upon realizing her daughter was still alive, wrapped the child's head in a garbage bag for 30-40 minutes, suffocating her. According to a report from The Associated Press, Towne then drove to the hospital with the plastic bag still around Nichole's head, where an ER nurse found the girl inside a laundry mesh bag on the floorboard of the passenger side of Towne's SUV.

The report also stated that Towne was accused of strangling her daughter for 30 to 45 minutes. But authorities learned that the mother has a history of schizophrenia and had been institutionalized at least nine times. The child as alive and the mom was acquitted but deprived of right to take care of the child.

Source: LOCAL 12

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[Sanjeev]

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That's scaring. How cruel she is. Killing your own kid like this needs to have a courage and cruelty.

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[eLdavis]

This is just inhumane, if the mother really did it, then she is evil, how can a mother do something like that.

 

[Starmix]

The mother has a history of schizophrenia , which is why she was released from prison. The siblings of this crazy woman should not have let her care her baby.