Mistrial for mom accused of murdering her infant

Published: Sunday, Feb. 26 2006 12:00 a.m. MST

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Saturday in the murder trial of a woman accused of fatally cutting the arms off her 10-month-old daughter.

Jurors deadlocked during the fourth day of deliberations in the case of Dena Schlosser, 37, who pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

Police arrested Schlosser in November 2004 after finding her baby Margaret dying in her crib, and Schlosser covered in blood, holding a knife and listening to a hymn.

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