OAN Staff Abril Elfi
1:57 PM – Wednesday, July 17, 2024
A 33-year-old Tennessee woman has been charged with first-degree murder after drowning her 7-year-old daughter Piper.
On Saturday July 13th, Hendersonville Police Department officers were notified about a child who had drowned in Drakes Creek in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
When detectives began investigating the passing of the child, they identified Brandi Elliott, the child’s mother, as the main suspect in relation to the death.
According to court documents, Elliott said she wanted alone time “after having a rough day.”
She continued telling authorities that she had walked out of her apartment and went to the bottom of the stairwell of her complex, but her daughter came to join her. The child reportedly “refused to leave Elliott alone” and did not want to stay in the apartment by herself.
Police were baffled by this heartless, poor excuse made by Elliott.
Elliott continued, saying she quickly took her daughter across the street and held her under the water at Drakes Creek in Hendersonville “like a largemouth bass” until she felt her “bubbling.” She then told her daughter to be “quiet” while she continued to hold her under.
After finally pulling the child up, Elliott claims that she came to her senses and realized what she had done, attempting to “revive her with CPR.”
The 7-year-old was then taken to Hendersonville hospital where she was pronounced dead by medical staff.
“When my daughter was two, I kind of lost it like I did this time,” Elliott said during court. “I had postpartum depression and they gave me medicine for it. I was having a really bad time with sleeping.”
Elliott is now being charged with first-degree murder and she is being held at the Sumner County Jail.
A memorial has been set up for the child nearby to where she was murdered.
The Hendersonville Police Department have asked that anyone with information regarding the incident to call 615-265-5303 or Hendersonville Crime Stoppers at 615-594-4113.
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