Dominica Mosby appeared before a judge on Thursday morning at the Shelby County Criminal Court to face a first-degree charge of murder in the death of a 3-year-old boy.

The 29-year-old woman allegedly admitted to horrible abuse of Kevin Horton, the son of her boyfriend, according to court documents. The boy was found beaten to death by police at a residence in Memphis, Tennessee, on Nov. 5.

'I get to the house; she's standing outside. ... I go in there to see my son. He's ice cold.'

Judge Taylor Bachelor ordered Mosby to undergo a mental health evaluation in the hearing that lasted only minutes.

Police said they were called to the residence on Beacon Hills Road by the boy's father, who found him unresponsive. The boy was declared dead at the scene.

Mosby initially told police that

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