News: Hero mom dies protecting her baby daughter

Ryanicorn

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she was young, beautiful and tragically killed by her daughter’s father early Sunday morning. Now, Jessica Arrendale, 33, is being hailed by her family as a hero for saving her six-month old daughter’s life, even as she died from a bullet to the head.

Arrendale tried to defend herself with a baseball bat, but she was overpowered by the former serviceman, who struck her several times with the bat, Ionniello said.

Arrendale had the six-month old child in her arms. Little Cobie may have been hit in the head by the baseball bat, according to her grandmother. The child has a traumatic head injury.

Arrendale locked herself in a bathroom. Davis got his gun, an assault rifle outfitted with a suppressor. He burst into the bathroom and, while Arrendale was still holding Cobie in her arms, shot the young mother in the head, Ionniello said.

“He shot her and they (police) don’t know how she was able to twist her body and fall literally in the opposite direction,” Ionniello said. Instead of falling onto the floor, Ionniello said her daughter fell over the toilet, dropping little Cobie into the water-filled bowl.

“She had pure will,” Ionniello said. “She wanted that baby to live.”

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THIS is so heartbreaking

The father ended up killing himself afterwards

Zylo

Gun Control...but this breaks my heart

Strong woman.

Ryanicorn

I'm still in shocked

Drunk or not, who does this?

RomanNavy

Goosey will arrive in 3....2.....

But this is horrible.
That poor baby growing up with no parents.
Those gun laws are toxic.

buckingfastard

Harry potter teas

Feeling sad for the baby

Maiko

She was soo beautiful.

How horrible.

Goosey

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Originally posted by Zylo

Gun Control...

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Originally posted by RomanNavy

Those gun laws are toxic.

They already control those guns. A suppressor must be registered with the ATF and the owner must undergo a background check. Don't pretend he couldn't and wouldn't have done the same thing with any normal kitchen knife or other household objects, it happens every day in every country, your proposed tyrannical gun laws would not have prevented this scenario from unfolding

Ryanicorn

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Originally posted by RomanNavy

Goosey will arrive in 3....2.....

But this is horrible.
That poor baby growing up with no parents.
Those gun laws are toxic.

hot mess

Dancehall

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Cobie’s grandmother believes Davis intended to kill both mother and child, but unable to see the child inside the toilet bowl, covered by Arrendale’s body, he left the bathroom, walked into the baby’s room and shot himself.

“She was the hero,” Ionniello said, “because her last breath was saving the child.”

Smyrna police, unable to contact anyone inside the townhouse, were reluctant to rush the house, concerned their actions might spark violence. They did not know Arrendale and Davis were already dead. They sent in a robot, but the machine could not negotiate the stairs in the three-story building, Ionniello said.

The baby remained in the toilet, covered by her mother’s body, for 13-hours before officers finally stormed the townhouse and rescued her.

Just terrible. RIP to the mother.

bowdown

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Originally posted by Goosey

They already control those guns. A suppressor must be registered with the ATF and the owner must undergo a background check. Don't pretend he couldn't and wouldn't have done the same thing with any normal kitchen knife or other household objects, it happens every day in every country, your proposed tyrannical gun laws would not have prevented this scenario from unfolding

Really not here for a gun control debate on ATRL but you're head is firmly in the sand if you think that all of the gun violence in America is in no way related to the tragic gun culture and laws y'all have. Why do you not see the magnitude of gun tragedy anywhere else in the industrialized world?

Also sounds like the father had some serious mental health issues.

The story is absolutely tragic..... RIP to that mother, I hope the baby can recover.

Goosey

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The baby remained in the toilet, covered by her mother’s body, for 13-hours

Wait, the baby was in a toilet bowl the whole time? How did it not drown? That's lucky!

Maybe it has something to do with the 1992 Energy Policy Act that mandated 1.6 gallon-per-flush low-flow toilets in all residences?

If the baby fell into a mid-1980s 3.5 gpf American Standard or some 7 gpf monster from the 1950s it might not be alive right now.

Normally I am opposed to these smaller toilets, but in this case it might have been, dare I say, a good thing!

Newt

Gun control background checks should come with mandatory psychiatric evaluation.

What a flawed system

Supervillain

Spring Breakers

this is so tragic I can't believe this. I love children so much I would do the same.

Gavin.

Sounds like one of those fake Facebook stories that goes viral every few weeks.

But very sad if it is true.

MP2K

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Originally posted by Goosey

Wait, the baby was in a toilet bowl the whole time? How did it not drown? That's lucky!

Maybe it has something to do with the 1992 Energy Policy Act that mandated 1.6 gallon-per-flush low-flow toilets in all residences?

If the baby fell into a mid-1980s 3.5 gpf American Standard or some 7 gpf monster from the 1950s it might not be alive right now.

Normally I am opposed to these smaller toilets, but in this case it might have been, dare I say, a good thing!

getback

poor child

Goosey

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Originally posted by Gavin.

But very sad if it is true.

It's true

there is a search engine called Google.com which you can use to verify these stories.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.1946161

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Originally posted by MP2K

There's nothing funny about this story.

Ryanicorn

The story + people are real. You can Facebook search the mother and can find her profile. She also has a 15 year old daughter as well.