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Toddler Stabbed, Found Burned In Oven; Grandmother Charged With Murder

Bolivar County Sheriff's Office Via The AP

This story is heartbreaking. A 2-year-old toddlers grandmother,Carolyn Jones, has been charged with first-degree murder after the child was stabbed, then baked in an oven. The great uncle claims the grandmother said the toddler, Royalty Floyd, had an "evil spirit." 

I cannot imagine what the mother is going thru but she has started a Gofundme account to help pay for the funeral expenses.

The child's mother, Veronica Jones, took to Facebook to express her heartbreak.

VIA NBCChicago

The death of a 20-month-old girl found stabbed and burned inside an oven of a Mississippi Delta home led to a murder charge Tuesday against the child's grandmother, authorities said.

Bolivar County Sheriff Kelvin Williams Sr. said 48-year-old Carolyn Jones was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Royalty Marie Floyd in the town of Shaw.

"I've been doing law enforcement for 25 or 26 years now," Williams told The Associated Press. "This is one of the most horrible things I've seen in doing law enforcement. The hardest part ... is to see a child victim."

He said authorities had no immediate answers in the death of the woman's granddaughter.

Jones made an initial appearance Tuesday evening before a judge, who set bail at $500,000. Jones remained jailed and it wasn't immediately clear if she had a lawyer who could speak for her.

Sheriff's officials said Floyd lived with Jones while Floyd's mother lived elsewhere.

Williams said Jones' brother found the body Monday night and called police in Shaw, a town of about 2,000 people approximately 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Jackson. Police, in turn, called the sheriff's office and others for assistance.

Spokesman Warren Strain at the Mississippi Department of Public Safety said investigators are still probing for the cause of the girl's death, as well as when exactly the girl died and whether that was before she was placed in the oven. The child's body has been sent to the state Crime Lab in Pearl for an autopsy, though Williams said autopsy results were not yet complete on Tuesday.

Jones was arrested when police arrived at the home and held overnight for questioning while charges were readied, the sheriff said.

"That was the only person who was there with the child at the time," Williams said.

Authorities said they had no immediate information about the circumstances leading up to the child's death.

"That's hard to say," Williams said. "We don't know."

He added, "Dark days such as these can only be brightened when justice is served."

The sheriff said the murder charge was filed after consultations with Bolivar County District Attorney Brenda Mitchell.

Mitchell didn't immediately return a phone call and an email seeking comment Tuesday.


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