KYLA FRANKS - 6 yo/ Accused: Mother-Danielle Slaughter - Las Vegas NV

A Las Vegas woman accused of killing her
daughter stabbed the girl with scissors and was later found in a street
naked and covered in blood.

That's according to Metro police, who said
that 27-year-old Danielle Slaughter had been taken to a hospital hours
before the 6-year-old's body was found Sunday in the family's home on
Palmae Way near Vegas Drive and Tenaya Way.

Upon learning that Slaughter's child was dead, detectives charged her with murder with a deadly weapon.

A motive for the killing is unknown. At a
news conference on Monday, police said Slaughter had no criminal record
and was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol when she was found a
few blocks away from the house at about 6 p.m.

No one was home at the time of the killing,
according to police. A roommate discovered the body and called 911 just
before 9 p.m.
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/17138606/vegas-woman-charged-with-killing-6-year-old-daughter

A 27-year-old woman pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to
charges she killed her 6-year-old daughter with a pair of scissors.
Danielle Slaughter on Thursday entered the plea during an arraignment hearing
before Judge Melisa De La Garza.
Slaughter remained jailed in the Clark County Detention Center without bail.
The insanity plea is an affirmative defense under the law, meaning
Slaughter's lawyers with their medical experts will have to convince a
jury of it. The plea also means that Slaughter can expect to be
interviewed by the prosecution's own medical experts.
Authorities said Slaughter was possibly delusional last month when she stabbed her
daughter, Kyla Franks, to death with a pair of scissors.
Kyla was a kindergartner at Bell Elementary School, and her mother was
in her first semester at the College of Southern Nevada.
According to a Las Vegas police report, Slaughter said she stabbed Kyla after
hearing her daughter speak in an "evil" voice.
She told detectives she had felt a dark presence in her home for several days.
Slaughter also told police she recently had begun taking the weight-loss supplement Hydroxycut.
About 6 p.m., shortly after the killing, Slaughter was found running naked on
Vegas Drive near Jones Boulevard, about two miles from her home. She
was screaming, and her hands were covered in blood. She was not injured.
"The blood was from the Lamb of God," Slaughter told the officers who found her.
Police weren't able to connect Slaughter to her daughter's death for more than
two hours, when Slaughter's live-in boyfriend came home and found the
girl's body, near Vegas Drive and Tenaya Way.
http://www.lvrj.com/news/woman-pleads-not-guilty-in-scissors-slaying-of-6-year-old-daughter-150034395.html?ref=395

Mom pleads insanity after killing her six-year-old daughter with scissors because she spoke in an 'evil voice'

Danielle Slaughter refused bail and faces trial on May 16
Had only slept for one hour the night before
Found running naked and bloody through Las Vegas


PUBLISHED: 19:05 EST, 3 May 2012 | UPDATED: 19:56 EST, 3 May 2012


A mom charged with killing her daughter in a brutal scissor attack has pleaded not guilty on grounds of insanity.

Danielle Yvonne Slaughter, 27, claims she heard the 6-year-old speak and laugh
in what she later told police was an 'evil voice'.

Slaughter spoke clearly while answering the judge's questions and entering her
plea during a brief arraignment in Clark County District Court on
Thursday.



Evil: Police say that Danielle Yvonne Slaughter killed her 6-year-old daughter with scissors, because she used 'evil words'

Judge Melisa De La Garza ordered Slaughter to appear for trial on May 16. She
was refused bail and faces life in prison if convicted.

Slaughter was found by police running naked and covered in blood through Las Vegas on March 11, according to court documents.


Drugged: Slaughter had been taking diet pills and was unable to sleep

She told officers the blood on her hands was the ‘lamb of God’ and asked 'Did I kill my daughter?' Is she dead?’

Police went to Slaughter’s house, where her six-year-old daughter, Kayla Franks, was found dead.

The mom told police she had been having trouble sleeping since she began
taking slimming pill Hydroxycut four days earlier, a drug which was
temporarily withdrawn from the market in 2009 over liver damage fears.

She said she had felt an evil presence in her home for several days, adding
that it was not something she had experienced before.

In a police interview she told how she and her daughter were sitting on
the bed when the girl spoke in 'evil words', laughed 'in an evil voice'
and clawed and kicked at her.

Slaughter said she picked up scissors and struck the child several times.

She added that she had slept for just one hour the previous night.

Homicide Lt. Ray Steiber said: ‘There was no rhyme or reason to it. I don't
think there's anything that anyone could have anticipated.’


Jailed: Police found Slaughter running naked and bloodied in Las Vegas. She was
held at the Clark County jail (pictured) pending an initial court
appearance Wednesday on a murder charge.

He added police believe that Slaughter was sleep-deprived and may have been affected by the diet pills she had been taking.

Her lawyer, deputy Clark County Public Defender Andrea Luem, said she isn't
contesting Slaughter's competency for trial. Instead, Slaughter is
claiming temporary insanity.

Ms Luem said on Thursday it was too early to tell if lack of sleep and
taking the dietary supplement had any effect on the killing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2139309/Mom-pleads-insanity-killing-6-year-old-daughter-scissors-spoke-evil-voice.html#ixzz1troHQold

Crazy like a fox. Evil is a better excuse.