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trial of a 25-year-old Maine mother who allegedly drugged and smothered her young daughter to death in June 2013 began Monday.
Defendant Leanna Norris pleaded not guilty to intentional or knowing murder in 2013, and in September entered a not guilty by reason of insanity plea
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Martha Harris, who is representing Norris, told the courtroom that her client was depressed and had both anxiety and mood disorders last year
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Though Harris had said Norris wasn't at fault, Assistant Attorney General Deb Cashman said Norris knowingly committed the murder.
'She did not want Mike dating other women and did not want them mothering her child,'
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Norris' ex-boyfriend Michael Grenda, who was the father to two-year-old Loh Grenda, testified Monday about their estranged relationship, according to the newspaper.
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testimony reportedly included that the couple's verbal disputes led to police being dispatched on multiple occasions -- and though Grenda broke up with Norris on June 16, 2013, the two agreed to stay and parent in the same residence.
Norris' digital communications with different men stopped a potential reunion, he also said,
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Grenda reportedly recounted his telling Norris on June 23 'that was the end of everything' - and then 'She became very upset. She was crying and smashing her head against the wall.'
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27-year-old's testimony also reportedly revealed that Norris cooled off that morning through his help, he left the home in the afternoon, and found out what happened to Loh Grenda on June 24.
Steven Norris, Leana Norris' father, testified
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though he and Norris spent Father's Day and her June 18 birthday together, she had been unresponsive with her cell phone for several days before 'she sent a text that said she was fine but needed to sort some things out
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he said that he received a a 2.27am phone call on June 24 from Leanna Norris, in which she admitted to killing her daughter.
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Leanna Norris' mother Margaret Norris was on the phone with her and he contacted authorities. Leanna Norris then showed up at her parents' house and her daughter was dead inside the car.
Leanna Norris was suicidal at her parent's house and wanted a gun, her father also reportedly testified.
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her affidavit by Maine State Police Detective Thomas Pickering from June 27, 2013 said she offered 'two or three syringes of Benadryl to make [Loh Grenda] go to sleep.'
'Leanna Norris put black Gorilla [duct] tape on Loh Grenda’s mouth and nose; that Leanna Norris put a blanket over Loh Grenda’s face so she would not have to look at Loh’s eyes,'
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Leanna Norris said that she killed Loh Grenda; that Leanna Norris put her hand over Loh Grenda’s face and suffocated her.'
Norris said she took the tape off 'so it would not look so horrible'
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Later at a Stetson cemetery was 'where [Leanna Norris] took pills and put tape on her face in order to kill herself,'
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But, after vomiting, the 24-year-old allegedly called her father, Steven Norris, and then drove to his house, where he discovered his granddaughter dead under a blanket.