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Nichole Bradshaw-Towne was taken to the hospital with her throat slit and a bag around her head in 2022

Her mother Melissa Towne, who took her to hospital, allegedly confessed to killing the 5-year-old

Nichole pleaded with her mother not to kill her, telling her that she had been a "good" kid, per authorities

A Texas woman who allegedly confessed to killing her 5-year-old daughter has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Melissa Towne is accused of cutting her daughter Nichole Bradshaw-Towne's throat before suffocating her with a trash bag at a park in Harris County, Texas, in October 2022, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said at the time.

She reportedly took the child to Spring Creek Park where she then allegedly attacked her, Gonzalez said.

During the at

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