CHICAGO — A Chicago mom is facing a first-degree murder charge after police said she fatally stabbed her 5-year-old daughter.
Simone Austin, 27, is charged with stabbing her child, 5-year-old Serenity Arrington, to death on Saturday in Chicago. https://t.co/4mnxq0n878
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According to WFLD and the Chicago Sun-Times, the incident occurred shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday in an East Garfield Park home. Chicago police said Simone Austin, 27, stabbed her daughter, Serenity Arrington, who later died at a nearby hospital.
Medical examiners performed an autopsy on the child, whose death was ruled a homicide, the Sun-Times reported.
Authorities arrested Austin, who will appear Monday in bond court, according to the news outlets.
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