Maryland mom drowns 3-month-old baby in bathtub: Cops

homesafetytechpros — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:37:55 +0000

Police in Chevy Chase, Maryland, arrested a mother after she allegedly drowned her 3-month-old daughter (WRC/YouTube).

A Maryland mother and licensed clinical counselor is in jail after she allegedly drowned her 3-month-old daughter in a bathtub at their home.

The Montgomery County Police Department said in a press release that its communications center received a 911 call shortly after noon Sunday from the defendant, 37-year-old Mackenzie R. Colgan, saying she drowned the girl at their house in the 7300 block of Summit Avenue in Chevy Chase, just outside of Washington, D.C. First responders rushed to the home and tried to save the girl. But doctors at a hospital pronounced the girl dead.

According to a probable cause arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, Colgan took the baby from family members around 11:40 a.m. Sunday and said she was going to take the girl upstairs and bathe her. About 20 minutes later, Colgan came downstairs and told the girl’s father and her husband that the victim was dead, the affidavit said. The father ran upstairs and tried to give the baby CPR and told Colgan to call 911.

Officers took Colgan to the police station for an interview. Post Miranda, Colgan allegedly told detectives that she woke up the morning in question with a plan to “end everything.” She was going to kill her two kids and her husband, she allegedly told cops. Colgan said she filled a baby bath with water and placed it into a larger tub.

“She then said that she turned the baby to face away from her and held the victim’s head under the water until she knew the victim was dead,” cops wrote. The girl’s name was redacted from the affidavit.

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Florida mom allegedly murdered diabetic daughter in bathtub

homesafetytechpros — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:52:50 +0000

Background: Kelsey Glover (Osceola County Sheriff’s Office). Inset: Giselle Glover (GoFundMe).

A Florida mom who was arrested after her 14-year-old daughter was found dead in a bathtub has been charged with her murder.

Kelsey Glover, 35, is being held at the Osceola County Jail without bail after being charged with the premeditated murder of her daughter Giselle. As Law&Crime previously reported, Glover was originally charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery after allegedly attacking her roommate.

New details from Glover’s arrest warrant revealed more of what happened to her daughter on the day she died.

The warrant containing the murder charge cited sworn testimony by Glover’s roommate, who revealed that Giselle had been living with Type 1 diabetes and received her medication through an insulin pump. According to the roommate, Glover took her daughter off the pump on Nov. 18, after which Giselle “became sick, vomiting, and eventually bedridden.” The statement added that during the days that followed, Glover kept her daughter “in the master bedroom with music playing to drown out her screams for help.”

On Nov. 20, the roommate stated that around 8 a.m., Glover asked her to help her bathe Giselle. After the roommate carried Giselle into the bathroom and placed her in the tub, Glover reportedly “started to submerge [her] head underneath the bath water,” which prompted the alleged fight between Glover and her roommate.

As the roommate tried to save Giselle’s life, Glover apparently left to find the hammer she allegedly threatened to kill her with. She barricaded herself in the bathroom with Giselle while she called 911.

Previous filings stated that when police arrived at the scene, they observed “several holes in the door that were consistent with the hammer striking the door.”

Giselle’s father, DJ Glover, was in another state at the time of his daughter’s death. He started a GoFundMe page to raise money for the girl’s funeral, a goal that has already been surpassed.

On the page, he memorialized his daughter.

“I have never met a girl as intelligent as you,” he wrote. “The way you used those big words, always leaving us to Google them, filled us with awe. We never knew where you picked up such an incredible vocabulary, but it made us proud every single time. You were more than just smart, though you were beautiful, inside and out. Your soul was pure, and your heart was full of love.”

“There’s so much I’ll never get to do with you, things I had dreamed of like buying your first car, spending my whole check on your prom dress, walking you down the aisle, and sharing that first father-daughter dance,” he also wrote. “But I hold tight to the memories we did make, and I take comfort in knowing you were loved beyond measure.”

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