Mackenzie R. Colgan, a child killer woman from Maryland, has been charged with first-degree murder for drowning her 3-month-old baby in a bathtub at her residence, as stated in court documents.
Mackenzie R. Colgan, 37, contacted 911 on Sunday from her residence in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to disclose that she had submerged her infant daughter in the bathtub, according to the Montgomery County Police Department.
Emergency responders arrived at the residence in an attempt to save the girl, but their efforts were futile. She was subsequently declared deceased at the hospital.
Law & Crime examined a probable cause document that outlined a timeline of the purported events on Sunday.
At approximately 11:40 am, Mackenzie R Colgan purportedly removed the unnamed child from other family members, stating her intention to bathe the youngster upstairs.
Twenty minutes later, Mackenzie R Colgan reportedly returned to the first floor and told the girl’s father that the child had died in the bathtub. The father told Colgan to call 911 and ran upstairs to try to give the child CPR.
After the first responder call to the house, police took Colgan in for an interview. During their talk, Mackenzie R Colgan, a licensed clinical counselor, allegedly told detectives that when she woke up in the morning, she did so with a plan to “end everything.”
She had allegedly determined she would kill both her children and her husband.
“She then said that she turned the baby to face away from her and held the victim’s head under the water until she knew the victim was dead,” cops wrote, according to Law & Crime.
She claimed she was going to jump out of the window of her home but changed her mind once she reached the ledge. That’s when she told her husband about what she’d done to their child.
Mackenzie R Colgan has been charged with first-degree murder and is now being held in Montgomery County Jail. A mental health evaluation has been ordered before her first court appearance.
Montgomery County District Attorney Lauren DeMarco, speaking to NBC 4, said the situation was “extremely sad.”
Mackenzie R Colgan’s attorney confirmed to NBC 4 that the therapist had no prior convictions.
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