A mother has been arrested and charged in the death of her 14-year-old daughter after witnesses saw her holding the girl’s head underwater in a bathtub, according to police in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kelsey Glover, 35, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police are awaiting a report from the medical examiner’s office to confirm the girl’s cause of death, before they upgrade the charges, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said at a press conference late Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputies responded to a Florida residence after they received calls about an armed disturbance. When they arrived on the scene, the disturbance was still taking place inside the home, according to Lopez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When officers arrived on the scene, they wrestled with Glover, trying to get a hammer away from her, as she tried to strike a witness who was attempting to prevent her from harming her daughter, Lopez said.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Witnesses told police they saw Glover holding her daughter’s head underwater in a bathtub and that the teen was unresponsive in an upstairs bathroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “They tried to stop her but were not successful. Eventually, Ms. Glover began attacking and chasing these witnesses around the house with a hammer,” Lopez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mother was being “a little uncooperative” and they are still investigating what led to her holding the teen’s head underwater, Lopez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 14-year-old girl was transferred to the hospital and was declared dead shortly after arriving, according to Lopez.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n There were four people in the house during the incident: Glover, the victim, another child and a person who resides with them, Lopez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only previous record of a domestic incident in the household was when Glover allegedly battered the girl’s father and he obtained an injunction against her, according to Lopez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Detectives have opened a homicide investigation into the incident, Lopez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “It’s a dark day when things like this happen,” Lopez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “What happened to her is unimaginable and we are determined to get justice,” Lopez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n