Maryland Therapist Drowned Her 3MO Daughter In Bathtub, Wanted To Kill Whole Family

[Sugar Cookie]

A Maryland mother and licensed clinical counselor is in jail after she allegedly drowned her 3-month-old daughter in a bathtub at their home.

The Montgomery County Police Department said in a press release that its communications center received a 911 call shortly from the defendant, 37-year-old Mackenzie R. Colgan, saying she drowned the girl at their house in Chevy Chase. First responders rushed to the home and tried to save the girl. But doctors at a hospital pronounced the girl dead.

According to a probable cause arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, Colgan took the baby from family members around 11:40 a.m. Sunday and said she was going to take the girl upstairs and bathe her. About 20 minutes later, Colgan came downstairs and told the girl’s father and her husband that the victim was dead, the affidavit said. The father ran upstairs and tried to give the baby CPR and told Colgan to call 911.

Officers took Colgan to the police station for an interview. Post Miranda, Colgan allegedly told detectives that she woke up the morning in question with a plan to “end everything.” She was going to kill her two kids and her husband, she allegedly told cops. Colgan said she filled a baby bath with water and placed it into a larger tub.

“She then said that she turned the baby to face away from her and held the victim’s head under the water until she knew the victim was dead,” cops wrote. The girl’s name was redacted from the affidavit.

Colgan said she then went to a bedroom with the intent of jumping out of a window but once she went out to the ledge, she changed her mind, the affidavit said. She went downstairs and told her husband what she did.

Therapist drowned her 3-month-old daughter in bathtub, wanted to kill whole family, cops say

Police said the communications center received a 911 call from Mackenzie R. Colgan saying she drowned the girl at their house in Chevy Chase, just outside of Washington, D.C.

lawandcrime.com

 

[DaveL]

Postpartum psychosis?

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Provider's Primary Taxonomy Details:

Type	Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers
Speciality	Counselor - Mental Health
Taxonomy	101YM0800X
Licence No.	LCPC12630 (Maryland)
Definition:	Definition to come...

Secondary Taxonomy Details:

Other Speciality	Counselor
Other Taxonomy	101Y00000X
Other Type	Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers
Other Licence No.	LCPC12630 (Maryland)
Definition	A provider who is trained and educated in the performance of behavior health services through interpersonal communications and analysis. Training and education at the specialty level usually requires a master's degree and clinical experience and supervision for licensure or certification.​

 

[BuffettGirl]

Ummm, might not have been the best career path for her...

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Mackenzie Rose Colgan

 

[cubby]

They seem to always succeed in killing the babies but always fail to kill themselves. She'll be patted on the head and told she's a victim of her mental illness and get a slap on the wrist sentence. Mental illness is used as an excuse to do whatever you want way too often.