A killer “mother”, Marisol Vazquez, from Chicago purportedly informed the police that “voices” in her mind compelled her to kill her small daughter.
Marisol Vazquez, 37, has been indicted for first-degree murder in connection with the death of her child, Lucia, on December 20 at approximately 8:30 a.m. local time, as reported by NBC 5, CBS News, and The Chicago Tribune.
According to a police report acquired by CBS News, Marisol Vazquez was initially discovered unclothed on a bed with Lucia positioned behind her.
The report indicated that while paramedics attempted to administer life-saving measures to the non-breathing kid, water gushed from her lips. Authorities discovered water and garments in a bathtub.
The Tribute stated that Lucia was subsequently declared deceased at Mount Sinai Hospital. The outlet reported that police identified the youngster as 1 year old, although prosecutors subsequently stated she was 21 months old.
According to the arrest report, per CBS News, Marisol Vazquez made “incoherent statements about being trapped by electronics and that everyone has been raped” when she was questioned by detectives.
She also allegedly said, “We had to go in the water. We had to be with nature.”
Marisol Vazquez was eventually taken to Ascension St. Mary Hospital for a mental health evaluation, and officers later arrested her there on Thursday, Jan. 2, CBS News reported.
Marisol Vazquez then allegedly confessed to suffocating Lucia with a bedsheet. She also allegedly told detectives that “the voices were in her head and that the voices told her that she needs to kill herself with her daughter in order for the devil not to eat her daughter,” the outlet added.
Marisol Vazquez also told officials that she tried to drown herself but was unable to, so she then tried to cut herself, per CBS News.
The woman later appeared in court on Saturday, Jan. 4, when prosecutors said she confessed the killing to her sister and told her not to call the police, according to documents obtained by the Tribune.
Marisol Vazquez is currently detained at the Cook County Jail. She is set to return to court on Tuesday, Jan. 7. It is not clear if she has legal representation to comment on her behalf.
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