PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WDNews) — A Lee County mother is in custody after authorities say she tried to smother her 4-month-old daughter early Monday morning.
According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded just after 12:30 a.m. to a 911 call reporting that a woman was attempting to suffocate her infant inside a home on Lee Road 212. Deputies arrived about eight minutes after the call.
Witnesses told investigators that 28-year-old Mireire Johana Garcia Lucero was seen trying to smother the child and also allegedly choked and shook the baby in an attempt to stop her crying.
The infant was taken by ambulance to Piedmont Hospital in Columbus, Georgia. Deputies said the child was alert during transport and appeared to be in good condition.
Lucero was arrested and charged with attempted murder and torture/willful abuse of a child. She is being held in the Lee County Jail on an $85,000 bond.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at 334-749-5651 or Central Alabama Crime Stoppers at 334-215-STOP (7867).
