New Orleans Police announced Sunday they had arrested a woman found with a fatally stabbed baby in the Seventh Ward early Saturday evening.
Police found the woman with a blood-covered railroad spike. They say she is the dead infant's mother.
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The suspect is identified as 35-year-old Angelyc Seely, a homeless woman believed to be from Detroit. The arrest report indicates detectives believe the infant, whom Seely described as her son, had been dead for some time.
Seely is booked on one count of second degree murder.
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A news release says, "The NOPD has arrested Angelyc Seely in the investigation of a homicide on July 17, 2021 in the 1400 block of North Broad Street."
NOPD says officers responded to a call of disturbance at the location. Upon arrival, officers located an infant male with apparent stab wounds.
"The victim was declared deceased at the scene."
Seely hospitalized for treatment of what cops called apparent self-inflicted wounds.
"Seely was determined to be the mother of the infant victim."
NOLA.com reports Seely has been placed on suicide watch. The woman reportedly told officers she had also cut herself with scissors, intending to "go" with her son, but was unsuccessful.
Click here to read more in the Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate.