Police have released the chilling 911 call made by a mother who confessed to fatally stabbing her 3-year-old daughter in North Miami Beach on Tuesday morning.
"I just killed my daughter," said 24-year-old Jellisa Amoya Baxter on the 911 call.
When asked by the dispatcher how she killed her daughter, Baxter calmly responded, "I tried strangling her. That didn't work, so I stabbed her with a knife."
The incident took place early Tuesday morning at an apartment in the 1000 block of Northeast 163rd Street, according to the North Miami Beach Police Department.
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Detectives reported finding a knife next to the child's body, which had deep stab wounds.
Baxter was taken into custody on Tuesday and made her first court appearance on Wednesday, according to NMBPD.
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"She's sick," said Baxter's stepfather Harold Hemmings, "That's all I can say, she's sick."
Hemmings says he met Baxter and her baby once when her mother passed away of cancer in September of last year.
"She didn't seem like a bad momma to me," said Hemmings. "You know, she seemed like she was a good mother."
Hemmings says he doesn't know why Baxter would have done this.
Public records show that Baxter was unemployed and received an eviction notice a few days ago.
Baxter has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse, according to officials. She also faces an immigration hold out of Jamaica.
This is a developing story. Check back with NBC 6 for updates.
