The grandmother “heard the child screaming before she observed Figueroa cutting at the blanket and then the screaming stopped,” Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said.
A Texas mom was charged with fatally stabbing her 4-year-old son in front of the boy’s grandmother, who has also been charged in connection with the death, police and reports recently said.
Monica Figueroa has been charged with capital murder for the death of 4-year-old Grayson Hurt. Her mother, Mary Johnson, has been accused of endangering a child, localThe Athens Police Department said Johnson called authorities to her daughter’s Mitchell Street home around 6:40 a.m. and told police she feared her daughter had harmed Grayson.Henderson County JailPolice arrived to find Grayson’s body “inside the door, partially covered with a blanket,” officials said.
Johnson allegedly told police she saw her daughter on top of a blanket that had been rolled up and stabbing the fabric using a wood-handled knife. “Johnson heard the child screaming before she observed Figueroa cutting at the blanket and then the screaming stopped,” Hillhouse said, according to the report.But Johnson allegedly left after her daughter threatened her. She reportedly called police when she returned the next day.Details regarding the results of an autopsy examination have not yet been released.
Figueroa was ordered held on $2 million surety bond, records show. Her mother was ordered held on $250,000 bond.
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