Texas Mother Charged With Death Of 6-Year-Old Daughter

A Texas mother faces capital murder for allegedly killing her daughter. Authorities say she was found running around naked at the scene.

Nephiterea Sancho, 36, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with capital murder of a child. Authorities say she killed her 6-year-old daughter, Hosanna Sancho.

Police responded to a disturbance call at the Frontera Crossing Apartments in San Antonio around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, PEOPLE reported.

When they arrived, they found the child unresponsive with an apparent wound to her upper body, however, her exact cause of death is unknown.

“There was no gun or gunshot wound to the victim,” Sergeant Washington Moscoso said, according to KENS 5 CBS. “The child did die from trauma to the body, just not a gunshot wound.”

Sgt. Moscoso reported that Nephiterea, was allegedly “running around unclothed at the scene.” She was eventually arrested and taken into custody for questioning.

According to multiple reports, citing police, the motherhad previously spent time in facilities to treat severe mental illness on charges for injuries to children.

She is currently being held on $1 million bond.

Hosanna’s family told NBC News 4 San Antonio that she “played the violin, learned how to do the perfect cartwheels, and was teaching her cousins how to do it too. She loved to swim and loved the water. She wanted to be a cheerleader and ride the school bus for the first time, and she never got to do that.”