GAITHERSBURG, MD — Police have accused a 20-year-old mother of killing her four-year-old daughter after an argument over teeth brushing.
On January 26, Iris Hernandez Rivas called 911 and said she found her daughter face-down in the bathtub, “unresponsive with her hands clenched at her side.”
When first responders arrived at her apartment, Hernandez Rivas reportedly told them her daughter had been in the shower for 15 to 20 minutes when a noise from the bathroom prompted her to check on her child.
After finding her daughter face-down in the tub, she took her out and put her on the bedroom floor. She then called her boyfriend and her brother for help before calling 911 an hour after finding her daughter.
Paramedics took the child to the hospital in serious condition where medical staff found “reddish bruising on multiple regions of her body,” an injury to her brain, a “small liver contusion” and “patterned injuries that are the result of blunt force trauma with an object.”
When confronted about the injuries, Hernandez Rivas admitted she kicked the child in the stomach because she was angry that she wouldn’t brush her teeth. This caused the girl to fall backward and hit her head against a living room wall.
Hernandez Rivas was arrested on January 28th and charged with one count of first degree child abuse and one count of first degree assault. Sadly, her daughter would die from her injuries on Feb 1st. Additional charges against Hernandez Rivas will depend on autopsy results and consultation with prosecutors, said Capt. Paul Starks.
Federal immigration agents have placed a detainer on Hernandez Rivas at the Montgomery County jail, an indication that she could be deported at a later date.
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