Woman Charged with the Murder of Her Young Daughter, Whose Death She Blamed on 'Voices' in Her Head
Mar. 15, 2025Marisol Vazquez’s mugshot.Photo:Chicago Police
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A Chicago mother allegedly told police that “voices” in her head led her to murder her young daughter.
Marisol Vazquez, 37, has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of her child Lucia on Dec. 20 around 8:30 a.m. local time, according toNBC 5,CBS NewsandThe Chicago Tribune.
When paramedics tried to perform life-saving measures on the child, who was not breathing, water came out of her mouth, the report said. Police also found water and clothing in a bathtub.
Marisol Vazquez’s mugshot.Chicago Police
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TheTributereported that Lucia was later pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital. The outlet detailed that police identified the child as a 1-year-old, but prosecutors later said she was 21 months old.
PEOPLE reached out to the Chicago Police Department and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office but did not hear back on Sunday, Jan. 5.
She also allegedly said, “We had to go in the water. We had to be with nature.”
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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.
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.
Vazquez also told officials that she tried to drown herself but was unable to, so she then tried to cut herself, per CBS News.
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.
source: people.com
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