‘Senseless Loss’: Mother Arrested at Shopping Center After 9-Year-Old Daughter Found Murdered, Cops Say
Nov. 28 2023, Published 5:00 p.m. ET
A California mother has been arrested after her 9-year-old daughter was allegedly found dead inside their Westminster home, RadarOnline.com reported.
According to the Westminster Police Department, officers responded to a home around 12 p.m. on Nov. 24, after a concerned family member requested a welfare check, as Front Page Detectives reported.
Once at the residence, officers forced their way inside the home, where they found a 9-year-old girl dead with “obvious signs of trauma,” officials said.
Authorities said no one else was inside the home at the time and they believe it was an isolated incident.
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She was booked into the Orange County Jail and charged with murder.
In a statement, Westminster Chief of Police Darin Lenyi said, "While police officers are exposed to tragedies on a daily basis, this murder is particularly disturbing due to the senseless loss of a child allegedly at the hands of her own mother."
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Evelyn Gonzalez, a neighbor, told KNBC, “It just can’t be, it’s like a nightmare. It’s a nice neighborhood. This is, you know, all the neighbors play together. I have four boys, and my boys are always playing with all the children around the block and I just cannot believe it.”
Officials have not released the girl’s name or cause of death at this time.