Ohio mom of decapitated baby faces aggravated murder charge

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CINCINNATI (AP) — A woman accused of decapitating her 3-month-old daughter with a chef's knife was indicted Wednesday on a charge of aggravated murder.
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Twenty-year-old Deasia Watkins' arraignment is scheduled for Thursday. Her defense attorney, Michael Joseph Trapp, said the grand jury indictment was expected, and he had no further comment.
Watkins was arrested last week after her daughter was found decapitated on a kitchen counter in the Cincinnati home of an aunt who was caring for her. In a 911 call, the aunt can be heard crying hysterically and asking for help while repeating, "Oh, my God!"
"My niece killed her baby," she says.
The baby, Jayniah Watkins, had been stabbed multiple times with a large chef's knife, authorities said. She also had a fractured arm, and the knife had been placed in her hand, they said.
"These are images that will be indelibly marked in my memory," county coroner Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco said last week.
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Watkins appeared to be suffering from serious mental issues when police found her covered in blood in a bed at the aunt's home, authorities said. Prosecutors said they wouldn't seek the death penalty for her.
The baby's father, James Brown, said Watkins had been "acting crazy lately, speaking of demons," court documents say.
Watkins was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis, and doctors had declared her unsafe around the baby unless she took prescribed medication, the documents say. Social workers had placed the baby in the temporary care of the aunt, who authorities say was warned to keep Watkins away from the baby unless social workers were present.
Prosecutors said the county welfare agency followed court orders in finding a relative to care for the baby and checking on her numerous times. But they said social workers didn't know the mother apparently moved into the aunt's home about a week before the slaying.
Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters was shocked by the violence in the home.
"This is one of the most disturbing cases I have ever seen in my life," he said.




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Filing: Teen says mom killed her siblings found in freezerhttp://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/04/21/image001-png_162613.png (http://www.ap.org/) By ED WHITE and COREY WILLIAMS 12 hours ago





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DETROIT (AP) — A teenager told authorities that her mother killed two siblings and forced her to put one of the bodies in the freezer of their Detroit home where both were found by an eviction crew.



Details of death and extreme abuse emerged Thursday as Mitchelle Blair appeared in court, two days after the bodies of a 9-year-old son, Stephen Berry, and 13-year-old daughter, Stoni Blair, were discovered.
Blair, 35, is charged with child abuse, but she could face murder charges when the bodies thaw and autopsies are performed, prosecutors said. Bond was set at $1 million. An attorney hasn't been assigned.
The Michigan Department of Human Services is taking steps to end Blair's rights to two other children, a 17-year-old daughter and an 8-year-old son. In a court filing, the state said the teen described a house of horror, where she and her surviving brother were beaten with an extension cord and piece of wood, hit with a hot curling iron and burned with a clothing iron.
"Blair tortured Stephen for approximately two weeks prior to his death by tying a belt around his neck, throwing hot water on him while in the shower and putting a plastic bag over his head," the state said, quoting the 17-year-old.
Stephen was "unresponsive" on Aug. 30, 2012, and Blair wrapped his body in bed linen and put him in the freezer, the state said.
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Nine months later, Blair became "enraged" when Stoni said she didn't like her surviving siblings and strangled the girl with a T-shirt and suffocated her with a plastic bag, the department said.
Blair then made the teen "put Stoni in the deep freezer following her death," the agency said.
The 8-year-old boy also was aware that his sister and brother were killed and subsequently placed in the freezer, the department said.
Medical exams revealed evidence of abuse, including numerous scars, on the children. The teenager said neither she nor her siblings have attended school for two years.
Earlier Thursday, Blair appeared in court on child abuse charges via a video feed from a police lockup. Magistrate Renee McDuffee entered a not-guilty plea on her behalf.
"The charges in this matter are so heinous," McDuffee said in explaining the $1 million bond.
The state said it investigated allegations of abuse in 2002 and 2005. Blair was referred to counseling.
The state said the two fathers of Blair's surviving children are unfit to care for them. Together they owe $50,000 in child support and haven't seen the kids in two to three years.
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