A 4-year-old Florida girl was thrown from a bridge into a river and died, and a woman who is believed to be her mother was arrested, police said.
The young girl was thrown into the Hillsborough River in Tampa at around 4 p.m. on Aug. 2, witnesses told the Tampa Bay Police Department.
Tampa Police Department later identified the woman as 26-year-old Shakayla Denson while the victim has been identified as 4-year-old Je'Hyrah Daniels, according to a police statement.
Denson has been charged with first-degree felony murder, aggravated child abuse, and grand theft auto.
“We’re still piecing the whole thing together now,” Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan told the Times.
Police spokesman Steve Hegarty said the woman was found walking near the scene of the crime, but she “has provided little information at this point,” the Times reported.
“It’s terrible to see. I don’t want to see that happen to a 4-year-old,” neighbor Romano Muniz told the Fox affiliate.