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New York mom charged with murdering her daughter, 2, after losing custody, she then stabbed officers trying to revive the child – Cynthia Arce is pleading not guilty in bipolar, postpartum depression defense

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Mother in new York is<&sol;strong><strong> charged with murdering her toddler after losing custody to the father and then stabbing officers trying to revive the child&comma; pleads not guilty in postpartum depression defense<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Cynthia Arce&comma; 29&comma; entered a plea of not guilty to murder and attempted murder charges after being indicted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter Gabriella<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Gabriella Boyd was found unresponsive in her bed surrounded by stuffed animals back in April&comma; one day after a court granted custody to her father&comma; Stephen Boyd<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Boyd sent police to his ex&&num;8217&semi;s house one day prior to get his daughter&comma; but Arce refused to hand her over&comma; he had also asked police to go back and execute the court order on the day she was found dead <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Officers arrived on the scene after receiving a call that Arce was dying from her own mother&comma; who claims she had found her submerged in a tub with a disturbing note nearby<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Once on the scene they found Gabriella and began to try and resuscitate her&comma; while officers clearing the house came across Arce who attacked them<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Arce was shot when Tasers failed to subdue her <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><b><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Her legal team claims her actions were brought on by postpartum depression and bipolar disorder<&sol;span> <&sol;b><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-299402" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;09&sol;Cynthia-Arce-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Cynthia Arce 2" width&equals;"667" height&equals;"737" &sol;>When cops arrived at her home&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;strong> <strong>Cynthia Arce &lbrack;photo&rsqb; was shot when Tasers failed to subdue her attack&comma;<&sol;strong><strong> Cynthia Arce entered a plea of not guilty to murder and attempted murder charges after being indicted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter Gabriella  on Tuesday&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>A New York woman&comma; who allegedly murdered her toddler in a fit of pique before attempting to kill two responding police officers at the scene&comma; in court Tuesday entered a plea of not guilty on murder&comma; as well as&comma; multiple attempted murder charges&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Cynthia Arce has been charged with Murder in the Second Degree for the death of her two-year-old daughter Gabriella Boyd&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Arce is also facing two counts each of Attempted Aggravated Murder&comma; Attempted Aggravated Assault upon a Police Officer and Assault in the Second Degree for her attack on officers&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Building to an insanity plea&comma; her attorney said on Tuesday that his 29-year-old client was planning to enter a psychiatric defense&period; Arce&comma; in addition to her bipolar disorder Arce was also suffering from postpartum depression&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Despite failure to establish the manner of death&comma; because the autopsy did not reveal a cause of death and there were no signs of trauma on the Gabriella&comma; still the medical examiner&&num;8217&semi;s office has declared her death a homicide&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-299405" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;09&sol;Gabrielle-Boyd-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Gabrielle Boyd 1" width&equals;"698" height&equals;"796" &sol;><strong>How did she die&quest; Two-year-old Gabriella &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was found unresponsive in her bed surrounded by stuffed animals back in April&comma; one day after a court granted custody of to her father Stephen Boyd&period; her cause of death has not been established&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-299406" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;09&sol;Stephen-Boyd-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Stephen Boyd 1" width&equals;"736" height&equals;"403" &sol;>Bereaved dad Stephen Boyd&comma; seen &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; exiting court on Monday&comma; sent police to fetch his daughter from the house one day prior to her death&comma; and enforce a court ordered transfer of custody for Gabriella&comma; but Arce refused to hand her over<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The toddler died a day after her dad was granted full custody by a court&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a significant development&comma; it has also been revealed that law enforcement came to the house one day prior&comma; to effect the court ordered transfer of custody from her mother&comma; but left without the girl when Arce refused to hand the child over&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Stephen Boyd&comma; the girl&&num;8217&semi;s father&comma; had continued to call authorities the day of  her death&comma; urging them to collect his daughter&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was granted a court order after telling a judge that his ex had gone off her medication and was not capable of caring for their child&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The defense plans to argue that either that decision&comma; or Arce discovering her daughter already dead&comma; is what set off her psychotic episode&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gabriella was covered with a sheet and surrounded by stuffed animals as well as notes written by her mother saying that she was with the angels&comma; according to the Westchester County District Attorney&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-299401" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;09&sol;Cynthia-Arce-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Cynthia Arce 1&period;JPG" width&equals;"698" height&equals;"437" &sol;><&sol;strong><strong>Cynthia Arce&comma; seen in court &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; on Tuesday&comma; is facing second-degree murder in the  death of her 2-year-old-daughter&comma; as well as two counts each of Attempted Aggravated Murder&comma; Attempted Aggravated Assault upon a Police Officer and Assault in the Second Degree for her attack on officers&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Police were called to the scene&comma; however&comma; not because of the toddler but rather Arce&comma; whose mother Maria Solorzano called authorities after finding her daughter in a bathtub&comma; according to court records&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;All that is noted in the report is that Arce&&num;8217&semi;s body was submerged in her water&comma; except for her head&comma; and there was note nearby that said she was &&num;8216&semi;with her daughter&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It was when police arrived on the scene that they found Gabriella and immediately got to work trying to revive the girl&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Solorzano told detectives that she had thought the girl was simply asleep&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Wrong victim&colon; Officers arrived at the home where Arce and Gabriella lived after receiving a call that Arce was dying from her mother&comma; who had found her submerged in a tub with a disturbing note&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The &&num;8216&semi;dying&&num;8217&semi; woman exhibited almost &&num;8216&semi;Super human strength&&num;8217&semi;&comma; officers had to shoot Arce when Tasers failed to subdue her demented attack as they responded to the emergency call made by her mom&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-299404" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;09&sol;Cynthia-Arces-home-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Cynthia Arce's home 1" width&equals;"668" height&equals;"376" &sol;><strong>Officers had to subdue the suspect when they arrived at Arce&&num;8217&semi;s home &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; after receiving a call that Arce was dying from her own mother&period; who found her submerged in a tub&comma; with a note saying she was &&num;8216&semi;with the Angels&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div>It is unclear what happened in between the time that Solorzano discovered her daughter in the bathtub and police arrived&comma; but officers later came across Arce in a bedroom of the home while trying to clear the scene&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&&num;8216&semi;Arce had both her hands hidden behind her back and refused to comply with repeated police commands to show her hands&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the DA&&num;8217&semi;s office said in a release&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Arce then brought both hands from behind her back and above her shoulders revealing two large knives&comma; one in each hand&period;  She charged at the officers&comma; repeatedly slashing at two of them&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The officers attempted to subdue her with Tasers&comma; and when that failed she was shot by a third officer&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Arce was in the hospital recovering from those wounds for weeks&comma; which is why her indictment on the murder charge was delayed until Tuesday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She had previously been indicted on the charges stemming from her alleged attack on the officers from her hospital bed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Police Officer Osvaldo Ramos sustained a large laceration to his left hand as he tried to protect himself and Police Officer Joseph Gaglione&comma; who had fallen to the floor&comma; sustained a wound to his foot as he was kicking at the defendant to block her attack&comma;&&num;8217&semi; revealed the district attorney&&num;8217&semi;s office back in May&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The next court hearing in the case is scheduled for October 2&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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