That is simply horrifying…
A 33-year-old mom admitted to drowning her daughter as a result of she wanted “time alone,” per police reviews. The troubling story comes out of Nashville, Tennessee, the place authorities say Brandi Elliott (pictured above) determined the one solution to get her daughter to depart her alone was to kill her in chilly blood by drowning her in a close-by creek.
In response to native outlet WKRN, Brandi informed cops she was getting fed up when her daughter Piper was allegedly not giving her any “time alone” so she determined to take her to Drakes Creek in Hendersonville. There, she reportedly confessed to police, she held the 7-year-old underneath the water in a shallow a part of the greenway “like a largemouth bass” till bubbles emerged on the floor. The mom claimed she solely realized what she’d achieved after it was too late to revive the little woman with CPR.
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Simply terrible! That poor child…
In court docket Tuesday, the mom of 1 informed the choose she struggled with postpartum melancholy after Piper was born however wasn’t at present underneath any kind of medical care. She did admit she’d “misplaced it” previously:
“When my daughter was two, I sort of misplaced it like I did this time. I had postpartum melancholy and so they gave me medication for it. I used to be having a extremely unhealthy time with sleeping.”
In the meantime, her husband and the daddy of the deceased, Jon Elliot, is reportedly a disabled veteran. The accused killer broke down into tears when she informed the court docket. Household pal Kip Ziemer has arrange a GoFundMe for the grieving father which informed an much more chilling story. The outline revealed Piper had solely seen her father, who’s at present within the hospital, hours earlier than she was murdered:
” … Jon Elliot, army veteran, his 7 yr outdated daughter was killed yesterday, July 13 2024, he will probably be needing as many donations as attainable for the funeral preparations, and fundamental on a regular basis wants, he solely get a small incapacity verify every month, he has been hospitalized the final week within the Crucial Care Unit, and simply obtained moved to a daily hospital room yesterday, his spouse and daughter seen him yesterday and Piper (his daughter) introduced her daddy a bunch of coloring e book footage she coloured for him to hold up on the wall of his hospital room, a pair hours later she was killed, the mom was arrested on severe costs …”
So heartbreaking. Should you’d wish to donate, you’ll be able to be taught extra HERE.
Brandi at present works at McDonald’s, based on the court docket, and has had no earlier run-ins with the regulation. Her legal professional in addition to the state each agreed they didn’t need her mentally evaluated. They’re taking a look at giving her the demise penalty if convicted of her first-degree homicide costs.
That is simply gut-wrenching. R.I.P. Piper…
[Image via Brandi Elliott/Facebook]
