Baby dies in Texas after mother reports cutting off arms
By LISA FALKENBERG
Associated Press Writer
278 words
22 November 2004
17:07
Associated Press Newswires
English
(c) 2004. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
PLANO, Texas (AP) - A mother cut off her infant daughter's
arms Monday, then
called 911 and waited calmly until authorities arrived,
police said.
Dena Schlosser, 35, was charged with murder after the girl
died at a
hospital in Plano, a Dallas suburb. Child-protective
authorities said she
had a history of post-partum depression.
Authorities said when they arrived at the family's
apartment, they found the
nearly 11-month-old baby with her arms severed. Schlosser
was waiting
calmly, with blood on her clothing, police spokesman Carl
Duke said.
Schlosser lived at the apartment with other family members,
including her
two older daughters. Police said the girls, ages 6 and 9,
were not home when
they arrived.
Texas Child Protective Services was called to the home in
January after
Schlosser was seen running down the street from her
apartment, with one of
her daughters, then 5, bicycling after her, authorities
said. When police
and CPS arrived, the child told them her mother had left her
6-day-old baby
sister alone in the apartment.
Schlosser appeared to be suffering from postpartum
depression, Marissa
Gonzales, a CPS spokeswoman, told the Dallas Morning News.
Schlosser was hospitalized for a few days. Her other two
daughters were
released to their father, who told authorities Schlosser had
been acting
strangely since the birth of the third child.
Once she was released from the hospital, Schlosser agreed to
seek counseling
and see a psychiatrist, Gonzales said. Caseworkers continued
to visit the
family through the spring and summer, and the case was
closed Aug. 9.
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