Baby possessed, mother tells police
From the Associated Press
A Fresno woman told officers she drowned her 7-month-old daughter in a bathtub on Christmas Eve because the infant was possessed by demons, police said.
Lisa Brown was arrested Monday on suspicion of killing her daughter, Julian Engelman.
A search warrant affidavit says Brown told police that she was new to being a mother, and felt that she had to drown her baby because she believed that the child was possessed.
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