The girl, identified by police as Justice Williams, was reportedly found by her distraught mother hanging from the shower frame in the family’s Bronx, New York home around 8.20 p.m. on Sunday.
Police investigators believe she may have hanged herself because she was struggling to adapt to her new half-sibling – and her parents had placed her in therapy last year after she told them she was suicidal.
The mother, Tamiqua Torres, 31, went to check on her daughter because she felt that she had taken too long in the shower and upon entering found her daughter with a white cloth strung around her neck, supported by the metal shower frame.
The mother, Tamiqua Torres, 31, went to check on her daughter because she felt that she had taken too long in the shower and upon entering found her daughter with a white cloth strung around her neck, supported by the metal shower frame.
Friends of the family told the New York Daily News that the nine-year-old had been seeing a therapist since becoming troubled by the birth of her new half-brother.
Torres and her new husband, Raymond Torres had welcomed their new baby into the world eight-months-ago and Raymond had become Justice’s stepfather.
Torres and her new husband, Raymond Torres had welcomed their new baby into the world eight-months-ago and Raymond had become Justice’s stepfather.
However, Justice began telling family members that ‘she wanted to die’ during her mother’s pregnancy – which set alarm bells ringing, causing her mother and stepfather to send her to therapy.
Torres had used her pregnancy blog to explain her worries and struggles with her daughter after discovering she was going to be mother for the second time.
Torres had used her pregnancy blog to explain her worries and struggles with her daughter after discovering she was going to be mother for the second time.
The little girl, she had her whole life ahead of her. Doesn’t deserve anything like that, especially those thoughts that go through her mind.
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