A 14-year-old girl will be charged with capital murder after police say she intentionally drowned a 2-month-old baby in a Dallas apartment Monday morning.
Police said they took the girl into custody after they found the baby drowned at the Rosemont at Hickory Trace apartments in the 8400 block of South Westmoreland Road on Monday morning.
They responded to a person in danger call at the complex at about 6:20 a.m., and when they arrived, Dallas Fire-Rescue told police that 2-month-old Justice Hull was dead. Later Monday afternoon, Dallas police revealed that the juvenile they had in custody intentionally drowned the infant and will be charged with capital murder.
Investigators said the baby's mother was at work at the time. One other teen was also in the home.
"It’s tough," Mitchell said. "It breaks my heart anytime you respond to a call and someone so innocent... There is no one more innocent than an infant child, and [to] try to ascertain what would be going through anyone’s mind that [they] would cause the death of an infant child -- so my heart goes out to the family.”
NBC 5's news partners at The Dallas Morning News reported that authorities believe the suspect and the child were not related.
Officers said the victim, Hull, had been placed at the home by Child Protective Services because her biological mother is in jail.
NBC 5 reached out to officials at Rosemont at Hickory Trace Apartments. They released the following statement:
“The well-being of our residents is of utmost importance. On behalf of the Rosemont at Hickory Trace Apartments, we express our concern and condolences for this loss of life. We are cooperating fully with authorities during their ongoing investigation.”
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NBC 5's Kevin Cokely and Holley Ford contributed to this report.
