Here is the first picture of a 20-month-old baby that was stabbed and baked in a oven. Royalty Marie Floyd’s grandmother Carolyn Jones, 48, is accused of stabbing her before placing her into a heated oven in the US county of Bolivar, Mississippi.
Royalty’s mother Veronica Jones started a GoFundMe page to take care of the funeral arrangements. She said in her heartbreaking post that Royalty would have been 21-months-old on Wednesday. She wrote: “I am the mother of Royalty Marie Floyd. My daughter would have been 21 months old on October 17, 2018. Royalty was so beautiful & I loved her more than anything in the world. I’m starting this gofundme to take care of the funeral arrangements of Royalty Marie Floyd. Anything that is giving will deeply appreciated.”
This horrific crime happened on Monday night local time. Police were called to the property where they discovered the little girl’s body in the warm oven. It has not been determined if Royalty was dead before or after she was baked. Bolivar County Sheriff Kelvin Williams said the girl’s body has been sent to the state crime lab for an autopsy.
Jones is charged with first-degree murder and is being held on a $500,000 bond. Bolivar County Sheriff Kelvin Williams, Sr. said he struggled to make sense of the heinous act. Williams said: “I’ve been in law enforcement a long time, 26 years almost. I’ve been from St. Louis to here and some of the most horrific scenes that I’ve seen in law enforcement involve children.” He added: “Dark days such as these can only be brightened when justice is served.” Officials hope an autopsy will determine whether the baby died from her stab wounds before being placed in the oven or is she was baked alive.
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