An Alabama mother tortured and tried to "smother" her 4-month-old daughter because she wouldn't stop crying, authorities say.

Mireira Lucero, 28, has been charged with attempted murder and torture and willful abuse of a child, the Lee County Sheriff's Office announced. As of Tuesday, she was being held in the Lee County Detention Center on an $85,000 bond.

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On Monday, around the time the clock struck midnight, Lucero was at a home on the 200 block of Lee Road in Phenix City, Alabama. According to deputies, "several" people said the mother was "trying to suffocate her baby." They also alleged that she committed other violent acts against the infant.

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