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Jasmine Anderson

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Jasmine Anderson

Birth
Death
31 Jul 2019 (aged 24)
Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Colfax, Grant Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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By Brooke Buford | Posted: Mon 9:02 AM, Jul 29, 2019 | Updated: Mon 3:51 PM, Jul 29, 2019

RAPIDES PARISH, La. (KALB) - Jasmine Anderson, 24 of Alexandria, the woman arrested by the Alexandria Police Department on July 23 for the alleged murder of her 5-year-old daughter, has been declared "clinically deceased" after an attempt at suicide in the Rapides Parish Jail. The update on her condition comes to News Channel 5 from the sheriff's office. Anderson was facing a second degree murder charge for bringing her dead daughter, Audrey Chelette, to the Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital emergency room on July 17. According to the Alexandria Police Department, Chelette had died from an apparent neck injury and Anderson’s story changed several times as to how it happened. Anderson was initially placed in a mental health facility in Bunkie as police investigated. She was later arrested and booked into the Rapides Parish jail and held on a $500,000 bond. Two days after her arrest, Anderson tried to commit suicide in her cell by hanging herself. According to Sheriff William Earl Hilton, the attempt happened two minutes after a cell check. Medics were able to revive her. She was taken to a local hospital and was placed in the ICU.

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By Brooke Buford | Posted: Mon 9:02 AM, Jul 29, 2019 | Updated: Mon 3:51 PM, Jul 29, 2019

RAPIDES PARISH, La. (KALB) - Jasmine Anderson, 24 of Alexandria, the woman arrested by the Alexandria Police Department on July 23 for the alleged murder of her 5-year-old daughter, has been declared "clinically deceased" after an attempt at suicide in the Rapides Parish Jail. The update on her condition comes to News Channel 5 from the sheriff's office. Anderson was facing a second degree murder charge for bringing her dead daughter, Audrey Chelette, to the Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital emergency room on July 17. According to the Alexandria Police Department, Chelette had died from an apparent neck injury and Anderson’s story changed several times as to how it happened. Anderson was initially placed in a mental health facility in Bunkie as police investigated. She was later arrested and booked into the Rapides Parish jail and held on a $500,000 bond. Two days after her arrest, Anderson tried to commit suicide in her cell by hanging herself. According to Sheriff William Earl Hilton, the attempt happened two minutes after a cell check. Medics were able to revive her. She was taken to a local hospital and was placed in the ICU.

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