A Baltimore County judge ordered a mental evaluation for a mother charged with murder in connection with the death of her 11-year-old daughter.
County police said officers were called around noon Thursday for a cardiac arrest call, according to charging documents obtained by 11 News.
"A neighbor called in and said a juvenile was deceased in the house next door, and the neighbor had come over to her house to tell her," Baltimore County police Detective Trae Corbin told 11 News.
Police said officers found the girl's body in the basement of the house with her shirt pulled down, exposing her upper body. The charging documents state that investigators saw bruises on the girl's neck and arms, as well as blood around her mouth, nose and hands.
The charging documents state investigators found a plastic drain cleaner on the floor that matched ligature marks found on the girl's body. Police said the detectives believe the drain cleaner was used to strangle the girl, who police identified as London.
Police said officers arrested Keyona Dillon, 34, on a first-degree murder charge. Upon interviewing her, police said Dillon acted erratically and said groups of people were trying to set her up.
According to the court charging documents, when police tried talking to Dillon, "she continued to display erratic behavior, including exclamations about exposing child sex rings, transsexuals and Proud Boys.
Police said three additional children were found inside the house unharmed, one of whom told investigators that Dillon used a hammer and her knee to kill the family's two cats, a rabbit and a dog, the charging documents state. Those animals' carcasses were found, as described by the child, disposed of in a plastic bin and in the kitchen trash, the charging documents state.
According to the charging documents, Dillon admitted to killing the animals in an effort to show London "what would happen to her if she didn't tell the truth." Police said Dillon told investigators that she believed London was involved in a relationship with the children's father, the charging documents state.
Continue readingDetectives did not find any evidence that London was a victim of any type of sexual abuse, and nothing in any interview substantiated the claims Dillon made, the charging documents state.
Police said the other child told investigators that she went to the basement and saw Dillon choking London. Dillon told investigators she was performing CPR on London when the other child came downstairs and that the child "must have thought that she was hurting her," the charging documents state.
Charging docs detail allegations against mother in girl's killing
Baltimore County police charged a mother with murder in connection with the death of her 11-year-old daughter.
