A Mississippi mom was arrested this week when her 10-year-old daughter overdosed on pharmaceuticals as a part of a suicide pact the duo had made.
Brittney Leigh Hensley’s bond was set at $500,000 following her arrest in Alabama, the Ocean Springs Weekly File reported.
Investigators stated the mom and daughter made the pact on July 6, whereas they had been staying at a Studio 6 Motel in Ocean Springs.
Cops had been referred to as to the resort simply earlier than 6:30 p.m. responding to reviews of an overdose.
Police stated Hensley’s daughter had already ingested a bunch of tablets by the point she began having second ideas about ending her personal life.
The tablets had reportedly been prescribed to Hensley.
The little lady was unconscious when cops arrived. Police haven’t launched her identify.
Hensley fled Mississippi quickly after her daughter was rushed to the hospital for remedy.
Figuring out she has household there, detectives tracked Hensley to Huntsville, Alabama, the place she was detained on Oct. 14.
She was extradited again to Mississippi a number of days in the past. Cops charged her with felony youngster abuse inflicting critical bodily hurt.
Police stated Hensley instructed them she’d additionally taken tablets on July 6, however didn’t specify what number of, or over how lengthy a time interval she took them, the Weekly File reported.
Medical doctors stated they anticipate Hensley’s daughter will totally get better from the overdose.
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