Police say mum arrested after allegedly making a ‘suicide pact’ with her 10-year-old daughter

BILOXI, miss (WLOX/Gray News ) – A Mississippi mother and her 10-year-old daughter allegedly made a “suicide pact” and decided to take pills, but authorities say only the child complied.

On July 6, 2024, Ocean Springs officers responded to the Studio 6 Motel on Bienville Boulevard for a report of a child overdose.

When first responders arrived, they found an unconscious young woman.

Officers found several unknown capsules and empty prescription drug bottles in a green backpack near the unresponsive girl. WLOX reported.

Police said the bottles of medication were prescribed to Brittney Hensley, the child’s mother.

Hensley and her 10-year-old daughter were transported separately to the hospital, where emergency room doctors intubated them.

Shortly afterwards, the daughter was transported by helicopter to the hospital.

Further investigation revealed that Hensley and her daughter had agreed to take the drug as part of a “suicide pact.”

Police said Hensley left the area and headed to Alabama while the investigation continued.

She was arrested and charged with child abuse and placed on $500,000 bail.

The daughter was taken to Mississippi CPS custody, where she remains.