Chili Powder Suffocates Infant; Mother Charged
From Times Wire Reports
A mother has been charged with capital murder in the death of her daughter, who was suffocated with chili powder, police said.
The woman, Angela DiSabella, 19, said she had used the powder to try to stop the 5-month-old girl from sucking her thumb, said Irving Police Department spokesman David Tull.
Paramedics who went to the scene after the mother called for help found so much chili powder in the baby’s throat that she could not breathe, he said.
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