A Nashville mother accused of drowning her daughter because she wanted to be left alone sobbed in court as she was denied bond and learned she could be executed.
Brandi Elliot, 33, was charged with first-degree murder and denied bond after she allegedly drowned her seven-year-old daughter Piper in Drakes Creek in Hendersonville on Saturday.
Elliot, who works in a McDonald’s restaurant, cried in court on Tuesday as she told the judge told the judge that her veteran husband was living with a disability.
Prosecutors have said they are considering the death penalty for Elliot if she’s convicted.
Elliot reportedly told police she had been having a bad day on Saturday and Piper would not give her what she wanted — ‘time alone.’
Brandi Elliot, 33, was charged with first-degree murder and denied bond after she allegedly drowned her seven-year-old daughter Piper
That’s then she decided to take Piper to a shallow area in the greenway and held her under the water until bubbles emerged.
Elliot reportedly told the child to be quiet as she held her under water ‘like a largemouth bass’
Elliot told the child to be quiet as she held her under water ‘like a largemouth bass,’ as reported by WKRN.
The mother reportedly said she only realized what she had done after it was too late and tried to revive Piper with CPR.
Police said a family are witnesses in the probe; they have started a memorial along the greenway for Piper, and want to turn the area into ‘Piper’s Pathway.’
Elliot claimed in court on Tuesday that she had been diagnosed with postpartum depression when her daughter was two but was not currently under medical care.
The mother allegedly told police she had been having a bad day and Piper would not give her what she wanted — time alone’
Elliot cried as she told the judge that her husband Jon, a veteran, was living with a disability
Elliot claimed in court on Tuesday that she had been diagnosed with postpartum depression when her daughter was two
‘When my daughter was two, I kind of lost it like I did this time,’ Elliott said in court.
‘I had postpartum depression and they gave me medicine for it. I was having a really bad time with sleeping.’
Her attorney and the state both said that they did not want her mentally evaluated at this time.
The accused killer has no criminal records and works at McDonald’s.
A GoFundMe has been set up for Piper’s father Jon Elliot, who is a military veteran and was injured in combat, according to the organizer Kip Ziemer.
The page reads: ‘Jon will be needing as many donations as possible for the funeral arrangements, and basic everyday needs, he only get a small disability check each month.’
Jon, who served in Iraq, posted a tribute to Piper online, writing: ‘I will miss my baby girl forever.’