SAUCIER, Miss. — A Mississippi woman is behind bars after police said she tried to smother her 9-week-old baby girl.
According to the Sun Herald, deputies arrested Simona Rene Somers, 23, of Saucier, on a charge of felony child abuse Saturday after her mother claimed that Somers put a thick blanket over the infant’s face, authorities said.
Emergency crews arrived at the scene and examined the girl, but did not find any “obvious” wounds, WXXV-TV reported.
Somers is being held at the Harrison County Jail on $50,000 bond, the news outlets reported.
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