Mississippi mother fled state after ‘suicide pact’ with 10-year-old daughter – but only girl took sleeping pills – Crime Online

Authorities said a Mississippi mother forced her 10-year-old daughter into a suicide pact and gave the girl sleeping pills without taking them herself.

Ocean Springs Police Chief Ryan Lemaire said police issued an arrest warrant for 37-year-old Brittney Leigh Hensley in September, two months after the incident. The Biloxi Sun Herald reported Thursday.

She was ultimately arrested on October 15 in Huntsville, Alabama, and was extradited to Mississippi this week.

Lemaire said Hensley fled the state shortly after police provided medical treatment in July at the extended-stay motel where she and her daughter were staying.

“She made a suicide pact with her daughter and the daughter took the pills, but she didn’t do it,” Lemaire said. “So the mom started freaking out when her daughter wouldn’t wake up.”

Paramedics took the victim to a local hospital, and when she regained consciousness, she told police about the suicide pact.

Hensley was scheduled to meet with investigators and Child Protective Services, but before that meeting she fled to Alabama, where she has relatives.

Hensley was charged with aggravated child abuse – said Law and Crimeand is held on $500,000 bail.

The girl remains in the care of Child Protective Services.

Hensley was previously charged with defrauding TennCare, Tennessee’s Medicaid program, in 2022. WAAY reported. The fate of this case is unknown.

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(Featured photo: Brittany Leigh Hensley/Jackson County Sheriff’s Office)