Mother Confesses to Fatally Beating 11-Year-Old Child

The discovery of a dead 11-year-old girl in a Brooklyn apartment led to the girl's mother to admit to killing her, according to police. WABC 7 reports that Florenzia Vazquez told police she beat daughter Alejandra "with a mop handle so hard, it broke in two." Vazquez is being held at the 75th precinct.

The beating apparently took place on Thursday--according to the NY Times, it was "a thrashing so severe it left the girl listless, vomiting and confined to bed." And she was left there to die, only to be discovered on Sunday when a man came to rent a room in the apartment. Alejandra had arrived from Mexico a few weeks ago, to join her mother in New York; she had told friends she was being beaten. An older sister had been removed from the home earlier this year after abuse allegations.

Vazquez reportedly initially said Alejandra had been involved in a street fight, but after hours of questioning, she confessed to the murder; a police source explained that she "despised everything connected to her ex-husband." And the landlord who rented out the apartment to the family (Vazquez lived with a boyfriend) six months ago told the Post, "I can't explain how that happened. Those people looked like nice people." Vazquez's three other children were removed from the home.

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By Jen Chung in News on October 27, 2008 9:20 AM

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Snoopy

first degree / second degree / third degree whatever, if someone kills another person the person should be put to death a week after that person is convicted.

HUGO_MEGO

Spiritof76, what part of the job didn't she finish? The kid is dead.

Spirit of 76

I don't think she brought the daughter up just to kill her viciously. If she had, she would have finished the job. She just didn't care after beating the poor kid savagely. It was negligent rather than premeditated. 2nd degree rather than 1st degree murder. Still murder, nevertheless.

Wza

^Word!

NannyState

She brings her daughter all the way up from Mexico just to kill her viciously? If she hated anything connected with her former husband, why didn't she just leave the girl down south? Someone get me a mop handle.

Spirit of 76

Sick. No matter what she thinks of her ex, don't take it out on the kid.

JRod5417

Nice confession! I'm sure her defense will probably be that she is insane. You have to be pretty evil to kill your own child out of spite for the ex-spouse.

Steven

The lowest scum of the human race.

Snoopy

TSOL, you have to be an illegal immigrant first. Coming from Philly could possibly fit the description.

The bitch gets a $1,000 voucher and then is renting out rooms in the apartment? This city works in mysterious ways.

Mr Mel

I wonder if the boyfriend had anything to do with it.

tsol

From the Times story:

"Ms. Vasquez moved into the apartment about four months ago, and paid part of the $1,000 rent with a voucher from the city, the landlord, Pablo Acevedo, said."

Gee, the city didn't offer me any housing vouchers when I moved here. I guess that I should have told them I came from Mexico (illegally) and not Philly...

Rocknrope

Another winner. Maybe she'll share a cell with the woman whose baby was found dead in her home. They can trade infanticide stories.

Kojak

Ugh. Some people just don't deserve to have children. Tie her tubes plz thx.

A wise mother would've used a leather belt, or a sack of oranges. Neither leaves a bruise but provides quite a whoopin.