A Michigan mother who was outspoken about her newborn daughter battling a rare and deadly virus just two years ago has been arrested for allegedly killing her little girl after she admitted to repeatedly suffocating the child with a bag.

Irene Aiyana Whitehead, 27, was taken into custody last week and charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree child abuse in the death of young Ryleigh Whitehead earlier this year, records show.

Authorities responding to a 911 call at Whitehead's home in Cedar Springs on Sept. 3 said they found the child unresponsive and not breathing. The child was pronounced dead at the scene. Whitehead was the only adult at the home when Ryleigh died, police noted.

Court documents obtained by WOOD, an NBC affiliate in Grand Rapids, prov

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