CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) -- A Cumberland County mother was charged after being accused of threatening to kill her young child, court documents show.

Julissa Sierra-Rivera, 30, of Shippensburg, was charged Friday with attempted homicide, strangulation, and endangering the welfare of children, according to online court records.

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Shippensburg Police said in charging documents that, during an argument over the phone in July with the child's father, Sierra-Rivera allegedly sent a video of her "smothering" the young 4-year-old child and texting "I'll kill ur son right now."

According to the charging documents, the boy woke up and was crying after a soft object was placed on his face. Sierra-Rivera then reportedly apologiz

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