Mother killed daughter, 2, claims child was cursed, say Md. cops

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

Chelsea Booth

/ CBS Baltimore

(CBS/AP) ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Court records say Chelsea Michelle Booth, a 25-year-old woman charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter, believed the child was suffering from a "Muslim curse" and was possessed by an evil spirit.

The statement of probable cause made public Friday includes details from an interview Booth gave this week to detectives investigating the murder of 2-year-old Kassidey Booth in Annapolis.

The document says Chelsea Booth told investigators she murdered Kassidey this week by lying on top of her and smothering her. Then, the document says Booth told authorities she wrapped Kassidey in a blanket and placed her body in a trash bin.

Police found the body in a rail car at a trash transfer station. Booth had been charged with first- and second-degree murder before the child's body was found.

CBS Baltimore reports Booth is also charged with first-degree child abuse.

According to the station, Booth is being held without bail at the Jennifer Road Detention Center and officers are continuing to investigate.

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by ellensmithee February 11, 2013 10:23 AM EST: And, for some reason, murdering a baby is better than abortion.
Make abortion free and easy! We'll have much less of this.

Make birth control free and easy! You'll never stop people from having sex. Never.; Reply to this comment


by ellensmithee February 11, 2013 10:23 AM EST: And, for some reason, murdering a baby is better than abortion.
Make abortion free and easy! We'll have much less of this.

Make birth control free and easy! You'll never stop people from having sex. Never.; Reply to this comment


by ellensmithee February 11, 2013 10:22 AM EST: And, for some reason, murdering a baby is better than abortion.
Make abortion free and easy! We'll have much less of this.

Make birth control free and easy!; Reply to this comment


by ellensmithee February 11, 2013 10:21 AM EST: And, for some reason, murdering a baby is better than abortion.
Make abortion free and easy! We'll have much less of this.; Reply to this comment

by vagrant45 February 9, 2013 10:47 PM EST

Mental illness is rampant in the US.

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by 17Forever February 11, 2013 9:31 AM EST: This woman is not mentally ill. I talked with a friend yesterday who said she was using "Dippers" all the time. If I had known I would have called CPS because people are known to harm themselves and others on the drug that causes hallucinations. Plus she covered it up after the fact and threw her child away like trash. She wants us to think she is crazy.She is not Muslim, plus she tried to blame the father. She is not sorry. She is a monster.


by 17Forever February 11, 2013 9:41 AM EST: It makes me so angry because if one person knew she was on drugs that means that most people Annapolis new more than what they are telling and that when the concerned citizen called , it was probably because they knew the baby was probably dead and felt guilty. Annapolis is a small town. People had to have known more than what they are telling. I don't live in Annapolis but I wish I had known more about this woman. I have cried over baby Kassidy many times. It really hurts me to my heart.I would have taken her and her mother could have just left her with me. I heard her father did nothing for her.


by idunnogal February 9, 2013 10:42 AM EST: It's apparent to me who's the possessed one!; Reply to this comment


by notredamegirl77 February 9, 2013 12:21 AM EST: A dang on shame!! People are losing their minds!!; Reply to this comment

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