Rosa Rivera (Photo: Orange County Corrections)
A Florida woman was arrested and charged Sunday night after she allegedly fatally stabbed her 11-year-old daughter and later drove her to the hospital.
Rosa Rivera, 28, is being held in the Orlando County Jail after she apparently caused a scene at an Orlando hospital when she arrived with her daughter's dead body, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said the mother brought her "dead daughter" to the Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies. When Rivera arrived at the hospital she reportedly drove up to valet parking and requested medical attention. The girl was set to turn 12 on Thursday/
"Security advised a white female drove up to the valet area (and) was argumentative and asking for medical assistance for a female passenger," officials said. "Hospital staff determined (the passenger) was deceased."
Police described Rivera as "argumentative" with hospital staff upon entering the facility, adding that she “became combative and produced a knife."
Hospital security and police detained her without further incident. She was later charged with murder.
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