SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A Sandy Springs mother will face criminal charges after she was found with her dead daughter in their home Saturday morning, according to police.

Police said Shannon Grimes will face charges in connection to her 11-year-old daughter’s death.

“It’s a tough situation for everyone, it’s tough for the family our thoughts go out to the family, it’s tough for the community, it’s tough for the police officers that had to deal with this,” Sandy Springs police Sgt. Leon Millholland said.

Police said they were called to Laurel Grove Condominiums on Carpenter Drive NE about a “welfare check requested by a concerned family member.”

Police did not say what charges Grimes will face or how her daughter died.

Warrants have been signed by a judge and Grimes wi

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