Mom allegedly cut off baby's arms

$pvcxGhxztCasey · Nov 23, 2004

PLANO, Texas (AP) -- A woman with a history of postpartum depression cut the arms off her baby girl who later died, authorities said.

Dena Schlosser was sitting in her living room covered with blood when police arrived Monday. Her almost 11-month-old daughter lay fatally injured in a crib in a bedroom of the family's apartment in Plano. The child was pronounced dead shortly afterward at a nearby hospital.

Police have charged the 35-year-old mother with capital murder, but declined to reveal where she is being held.

Schlosser, who had a history of postpartum depression, had been investigated on child neglect allegations earlier this year, but Texas Child Protective Services had recently closed a seven-month investigation, concluding that Schlosser did not pose a risk to her children. Neighbors said she seemed to be a loving, attentive mother.

"There were never any indications of violence with this family," agency spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales said. "The children had always been healthy, happy and cared for."

But, on Monday, authorities discovered a grisly scene at the family's apartment after the child's father called a day-care center, and asked them to check on his wife and daughter.

Day-care workers called 911 after talking to the mother; an operator then called Schlosser.

Asked if there was an emergency, Schlosser calmly responded "Yes," according to 911 tapes released by police.

"Exactly what happened?" the 911 operator asked.

"I cut her arms off," Schlosser replied, as the hymn "He Touched Me" played in the background.

"You cut her arms off?" he repeated.

"Uh huh," she answered.

It was not immediately clear what instrument was used to sever the baby's arms or why the child's father called a day-care center to check on his family.

Schlosser lived at the apartment with other family members, including her two older daughters. Authorities said the girls, ages 6 and 9, were at school when police arrived, and that their father was at work.

No one answered the door Monday night at the family's apartment in suburban Dallas. Children's bicycles rested near the entrance along with angel garden statues.

Neighbors said Schlosser took her children swimming in the summer, had picnics in the courtyard and walked her baby around the complex the same time each afternoon.

Dena Livingston, 43, said she saw Schlosser making her rounds with the stroller on Sunday. Two days earlier, she saw Schlosser waiting with the baby outside the elementary school where her two other daughters attend.

"She didn't give off like she was in a distant world or didn't care about the baby," Livingston said.

Livingston's husband, Brad, added: "To see her with the girls, you would just think she was a great mother."

Child-protective officials were interviewing Schlosser's daughters and would talk to the father before deciding whether to remove the girls from the home.

In January, the agency was called to the home after Schlosser was seen running down the street, with one of her daughters bicycling after her, authorities said. When officials arrived, the child told them her mother had left her 6-day-old sister alone in the apartment.

Schlosser appeared at the time to be suffering from postpartum depression and having a psychotic episode, Gonzales said.

Schlosser was hospitalized, and later agreed to seek counseling and saw a psychiatrist, Gonzales said.

"At the time we closed the case, we had been assured that Mom was stabilized and that she was not a risk to herself or her children," Geoff Wool, spokesman for the Family and Protective Services Department, said.

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Friskey™ · Nov 23, 2004

I swear...one of these days, the end of the world is going to come because of this!

Evi · Nov 23, 2004

Oh.My.God.

Debus · Nov 23, 2004

What the fuck. That is horrible. It's sad that these people can get so emotionaly ill as to do something like that

Mr. Benzedrine · Nov 23, 2004

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Casual D · Nov 23, 2004

I hope that evil ugly bitch goes to jail. "Oh I just cut her arms off." What a damn psycho.

Evil Angel · Nov 23, 2004

Originally posted by Derek@Nov 24 2004, 12:01 AM
I hope that evil ugly bitch goes to jail. "Oh I just cut her arms off." What a damn psycho.
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someone go and cut her neck :angry:

Ryan · Nov 23, 2004

Sometimes I wonder what's going on in peoples heads. That's really screwed up!! :angry:

Mark · Nov 23, 2004

Fucking ridiculous. Absolutely despicable. Holy fucking hell.

Leslie · Nov 23, 2004

...wow. That's insane.

Maëlle · Nov 23, 2004

Holy Shit.

Link04 · Nov 23, 2004

........
Wow

peripeteia · Nov 24, 2004

its with people like her that i lose faith with the human race.

Razan · Nov 24, 2004

OMG WHAT IS WRONG WITH HER!!!!!!!!
I hope this is where the gas chamber comes in :angry:

Mechanical Christ · Nov 24, 2004

Holy muhfuckin fishies on crack.

User Name · Nov 24, 2004

You guys seem to forget that she was suffering from postpartum depression.

Razan · Nov 24, 2004

You guys seem to forget that she was suffering from postpartum depression.
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Your point is: if you're suffering from depression it's okay to cut off a baby's arm!

Kæton · Nov 24, 2004

http://www.4woman.gov/faq/postpartum.htm

It explains her type of depression. If you add this upon depression itself, without professional help actually there (like the article says, she stopped getting help and all because they thought she was cured), then something is bound to happen. She might have killer herself, but she probably took it out on the baby. I agree it is sick to hear this kind of stuff, but at the same time, it's not okay, but it's not surprising she did something like this, depression on it's own is already sometimes hard for people to take, so throw in some other elements and you have got one messed up situation like this.

Schopman · Nov 24, 2004

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forgotten girl · Nov 24, 2004

it's sad that we always stop people with those kind of problems just when the worst is already done..

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