Texas woman held on $15M bond after allegedly strangling, stabbing 5-year-old daughter to death

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A Texas woman was charged with murder Monday after authorities alleged she admitted to fatally stabbing her 5-year-old daughter in the neck at a park and wrapping her in bags.

Melissa White Towne, 37, was booked in the Harris County Jail after she drove to a hospital emergency room Sunday and told staff she had killed her daughter, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

When a nurse opened the car door, she reportedly found Towne's daughter partially wrapped in plastic and mesh bags. When workers further inspected the girl, they reportedly discovered her throat had been cut and she had been strangled.

The child was unresponsive and had a laceration and possible ligature marks on her neck, said Gonzalez.The girl was pronounced dead at 12:10 p.m.