Mom held 14-year-old daughter’s head under bath water until she died, Florida cops say
A 911 call reporting an “armed disturbance” in progress led deputies to a chaotic scene in a Florida home, including a dead teen in a bathtub and two people running from a woman with a hammer, according to investigators.
The hammer attack was thwarted when deputies wrestled the tool away from the woman, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said during a Wednesday, Nov. 20, news conference.
However, they were too late to save 14-year-old Giselle Glover, who is believed to have died while being held under water by her mother, Kelsey Michelle Glover.
A medical examiner determined the cause of death was drowning, the sheriff’s office said.
The incident happened early Nov. 20 at a home in Poinciana, where the mother lived with her two children and a female roommate, Lopez said. Poinciana is about a 40-mile drive south from Orlando.
The roommate and Glover’s other child were running from Glover when deputies burst in and wrestled a hammer from her hand, Lopez said.
“God only knows in which direction that was going to go, if we didn’t get there on time and kick the door in,” he said.
The attack was prompted when the roommate was unable to stop Glover from holding her daughter’s head under water, Lopez said.
Deputies found the girl “unresponsive” in the tub and she was taken to a hospital and declared dead.
Glover has been charged with first degree murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery, the sheriff’s office said.
Investigators haven’t said what sparked the dispute between mother and daughter, and they report the suspect is not being cooperative.
The suspect has no history of mental illness, Lopez said. However, the father of the two girls has an injunction against Glover due to a previous domestic battery case on him, Lopez said.
This story was originally published November 21, 2024 at 2:32 PM with the headline "Mom held 14-year-old daughter’s head under bath water until she died, Florida cops say."