A Phoenix mother was arrested for murder after her daughter was found dead in a dumpster on Christmas Eve.
Sophia Simmons, 38, was arrested after police received a tip that she had placed her daughter’s body in a dumpster after the girl was allegedly brutally beaten and died.
A witness, who lives in New York, allegedly received a phone call from Simmons on Christmas Day and claimed that the mother had confessed to “hitting her son and going too far,” according to ABC 15.
The girl was not identified and is believed to be between five and seven years old. She was found Sunday around 8 pm inside the dumpster in a storage container.
A witness had entered the dumpster looking for firewood when he noticed that the lid of the dumpster was not on properly. When they looked inside, they found the boy’s body and notified a nearby security guard, who called the police.
The agents found the girl’s body with multiple injuries to her legs, arms and torso. Investigators believe the wounds were in multiple stages of healing and that the girl had scars from previous attacks, ABC 15 reported.
Sophia Simmons, 38, was arrested after police received a tip that she had placed her daughter’s body in a dumpster after she allegedly died from a beating. MCSO
The New York witness also revealed that Simmons had abandoned the body after allegedly hitting the girl and when he returned, the girl was not breathing.
She remained with the body for five days, according to a police report, before taking it to the dumpster.
After obtaining a search warrant, police found evidence that someone was trying to cover up the crime scene, ABC 15 reported. Simmons was not home during the search.
Police tracked her phone and found her in California on her way back to Arizona. They detained her on the outskirts of Phoenix and took her to police headquarters, local media reported.
Phone records also showed his device was near the dumpster around 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
She was booked into prison for first-degree murder, child abuse and tampering with evidence.
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