Story out of Cincinnati, Ohio:
Deasia Watkins, the mom accused of decapitating her infant daughter, rejected the Hamilton County prosecutor's plea deal Monday morning. She is pursuing an insanity plea and wants to go to trial.
Police said Watkins, 21, stabbed her 3-month-old daughter Janiyah to death in March 2015. She is charged with aggravated murder, which carries a sentence of 15 years to life in prison.
According to Hamilton County Coroner Lakshmi Sammarco's report, the infant sustained multiple stab wounds to the right side of her face and head, and her “head was severed from her body." When asked during a news conference how many stab wounds Janiyah sustained, Sammarco said she'd "lost count."
According to court records, shortly after Janiyah’s birth last December, doctors diagnosed Watkins with post-partum psychosis, a condition characterized by the onset of psychotic behavior after childbirth.
Hamilton County Job and Family Services had documented a troubled relationship between Watkins and her daughter in the weeks and months leading up to the infant’s death, presumably as a result of Watkins’ illness. Just over a month after Janiyah was born, Watkins was hospitalized at Deaconess. She was placed on a 72-hour psychiatric hold after an incident on Jan. 24. Police responded that day to the home of James Brown, Janiyah's father, where neighbors told officers they heard Watkins screaming and the baby crying. Cont.
Story from - WCPO
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