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Genesis Grimes, 11, was found stabbed and staged in a recliner on Nov. 15

Shannen Grimes, 52, allegedly told police the moments before she stabbed her daughter felt “like a dream”

Jail records show she is charged with murder and three related counts

A Georgia mother told police the moments before her 11-year-old daughter’s killing felt “like a dream,” before officers found the child stabbed, cleaned and staged in a living room recliner with a blanket and Bible devotional book.

Jail records reviewed by PEOPLE show that Shannen Grimes, 52, is charged with murder, first-degree cruelty to children, possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of a felony and tampering with evidence in connection with the Nov. 15 death of her daughter, Genesis Grimes.

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