5-year-old found severely injured in woods behind her home after her mother tried to kill her: Sheriff

A Michigan parent allegedly tried to termination her 5-year-old daughter, who was recovered severely injured successful the woods down their home.

Christina Kay Crow was taken into custody this week and charged with 1 number of battle with intent to execution and 1 number of first-degree child abuse, tribunal records show.

The probe into Crow began connected Monday, erstwhile deputies with the Benzie County Sheriff's Office responded to Crow's location connected Lincoln Avenue successful the Village of Thompsonville for a payment cheque connected the 40-year-old woman, according to a report from Traverse City NBC affiliate WPBN. The residence is located astir 250 miles northwest of Detroit.

Authorities said that portion they were astatine Crow's home, they became acrophobic astir the well-being and whereabouts of her young daughter. It was not instantly wide what caused specified concern.

Investigators astatine the country searched the country for astir an hr and a fractional earlier they recovered Crow's girl successful the woods down Crow's house. Deputies said the kid had sustained terrible lacerations to her cervix and face, the Benzie County Record Patriot reported.

Emergency aesculapian unit rushed the kid to Munson Medical Center successful Traverse City for treatment. Due to the severity of her condition, the unfortunate was aboriginal transferred to Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital successful Grand Rapids, Michigan, for much specialized treatment.

Authorities arrested Crow astatine the country and transported her to Benzie County Jail. She appeared successful Michigan's 85th District Court for her arraignment Wednesday, wherever a justice ordered her held connected $1 cardinal bond, records show.

Given the ongoing probe and the victim's age, authorities person not released immoderate further accusation astir the case.

Crow is presently scheduled to instrumentality to tribunal for a probable origin proceeding connected May 7 and a preliminary exam connected May 14.