A woman is charged with suffocating her fiance's daughter to death after he found racy texts on her phone and ended the relationship, a court heard.
Melinda Muniz, 26, is charged with killing three-year-old Grace Ford on January 9, 2014 - hours after Grace's father, an Iraq War veteran, told her to move out of their Plano, Texas, apartment.
Grace, who also suffered severe injuries to her genitalia, died when she was taken off life support three days later in hospital.
This week a jury heard Muniz told police she was raped and knocked unconscious by an intruder who taped Grace's mouth shut.
However, after tests refuted her story, Muniz claimed she had amnesia and could not remember the past two years.
In a third interview, prosecutors say, Muniz said Grace put duct tape over her mouth so Muniz panicked and knocked herself unconscious with a pan.
She then said that she noticed Grace had tape over her mouth, pulled it off, saw she was unconscious, put it back on, and knocked herself out.
She said she 'didn't know' if it was an accident or intentional, the court heard.
An investigation has since revealed Muniz was allegedly seen purchasing duct tape and zip wires hours before Grace was found lifeless on her bed with tape over her mouth and wires around the room, though Muniz claimed these were arts and crafts materials."Daily mail"
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