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Maryland mom accused of trying to kill her daughter: ’I gave you life, I can (bleep) end your life’
PennLive ^ | 8 July A.D. 2026 | Chris Franklin

Posted on 07/08/2026 2:35:47 PM PDT by lightman

A mother who was vacationing at a Minnesota lake is accused of trying to kill her daughter after the two argued over a cell phone.

Court documents obtained by Law & Crime allege Jasmine Marie Laws, 35, of Baltimore, threw her 15-year-old daughter’s phone into a lake in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.

The daughter went into the water to get the phone, and when she retrieved it, she got into an argument with Laws. Laws allegedly struck the daughter first, with the daughter allegedly retaliating by grabbing Laws’ hair.

The two continued to fight, and Laws allegedly put the daughter in a headlock, flipped her onto the ground and pushed her head under the water, causing the daughter to have trouble breathing.

Witnesses initially thought the two were joking around until they saw the serious nature of the confrontation. When they saw the daughter was in serious trouble, they ran over to help get Laws off her. One witness alleged they heard Laws tell her daughter: “I gave you life, I can (bleep) end your life.”

The teenager lay on the ground after being freed and was initially non-responsive before opening her eyes.

The teenager was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Laws was charged with attempted second-degree murder and three counts of domestic assault. She posted bail and returned to Maryland but is due for a court appearance in Otter Tail County on Aug. 26.

She was also ordered not to contact her daughter.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Maryland; US: Minnesota
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YUP.

1 posted on 07/08/2026 2:35:47 PM PDT by lightman
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To: lightman

My father established our relationship when I was seven years old. He looked at me and said, "You know, I brought you in this world, and I can take you out. And it don't make no difference to me, I'll make another one look just like you."

2 posted on 07/08/2026 2:39:45 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: lightman

Is that Mother or Daughter?
Some 15 y/o girls can look much older when/ if they know how to present themselves as grown women.


3 posted on 07/08/2026 2:43:05 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lightman

Mothers who kill their children. And then some people try to convince us the Devil doesn’t act on Earth.

Once when I wanted to back up a post about the Dragnet episode of a mother putting her baby in the garbage can, I looked up on Google and found one long page of SOME of the RECENT cases of a newborn baby in a dumpster and similar cases in the news, followed by more pages of more stories.

Unbelievable.


4 posted on 07/08/2026 2:48:29 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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5 posted on 07/08/2026 2:49:53 PM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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It’s them again...should have waited...daughter drowns mother incarcerated for life bug gets sived for killing her kid.


6 posted on 07/08/2026 2:53:35 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

my father in law used to say that all the time.


7 posted on 07/08/2026 3:04:08 PM PDT by ronniesgal (can FR please get a "like" button and a "block" button? Please.)
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To: lightman

“...pushed her head under the water, causing the daughter to have trouble breathing.”


Never was a journalist, but this sentence just says something about the profession.


8 posted on 07/08/2026 3:15:19 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: lee martell

Nothing worse than a difficult 15 year old female.


9 posted on 07/08/2026 3:20:32 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: lee martell

Well, as the demoncrat that she is, I can see her taking the kid’s life while she was still in the womb, but, trying to do so 15 years later? I think it’s going to be a tough sell down at the courthouse. But, then again, it is Messachusetts..


10 posted on 07/08/2026 3:21:22 PM PDT by unread (One of the largest cities in America has fallen to the communist... Think about that...)
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To: lightman

On 2 WMAR Baltimore, that pic is identified as the daughter, Jasmine.


11 posted on 07/08/2026 3:21:35 PM PDT by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union to get paid for loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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To: equaviator

Yes boo boo it was.


12 posted on 07/08/2026 3:21:56 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: 4Runner

Sorry, Jasmine is the mother, not the daughter. And the pic above is of Jasmine.


13 posted on 07/08/2026 3:24:14 PM PDT by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union to get paid for loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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To: frank ballenger
When I was working in the last ER before I retired we had a ten year old boy, sweet as could be(look, anyway) who threatened to run his mother through with a kitchen carving knife because she told him to stop playing the video game, (she bought him, btw) and do his homework.

And here's mom, arguing with the doctor to let him come home because “I can control him’’.

In NJ in a case like this it's a mandatory 72 hour observation period , no if and's or buts.

14 posted on 07/08/2026 3:29:42 PM PDT by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: hanamizu
This nit wit has probably been told at one time or another and bought into it heart soul that if little bits of lead, often ‘’jacketed’’ in steel and other metals impacted parts of the human body at very high velocity it can cause major complications and difficulties in the continuation of living and breathing.
15 posted on 07/08/2026 3:35:36 PM PDT by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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I gave you life, I can (bleep) end your life

No, God gave her life and you have no authority to take away.

16 posted on 07/08/2026 3:42:35 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: lightman

Attitude fostered by legal abortion.


17 posted on 07/08/2026 3:45:02 PM PDT by Rowdyone (Vigilence)
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To: lightman

Not making light of a bad situation, but my dad would always say (when we were being nauty as kids): “I brought you into this world, I can take you out!” You knew it was time to straighten up.


18 posted on 07/08/2026 4:20:13 PM PDT by DataJunkie
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Bill Cosby “Himself”. I have it on DVD and I’ve seen it many times. Excellent comedy. Too bad the left was able to bring him down.


19 posted on 07/08/2026 4:21:02 PM PDT by NorthWoody (Half of all people are below average, and half of those are in the bottom 25%.)
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Too bad the left was able to bring Bill Cosby down.


The Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned Cosby’s sexual assault conviction in 2021 and ordered his immediate release after he had served nearly three years of a three- to 10-year sentence.

Must cost Cosby a fortune ....... the court ruled that his “due process rights” were violated because a former district attorney had previously promised him immunity from criminal prosecution in exchange for his testimony in a civil suit.

Cosby has remained a free man, although he continues to face subsequent civil lawsuits regarding other allegations of sexual assault.


20 posted on 07/08/2026 4:38:12 PM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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