Mom Charged After 11-Year-Old Daughter Found Stabbed and Staged in Recliner Says Moments Before Killing Felt ‘Like a Dream’

Police say Shannen Grimes’ daughter, 11-year-old Genesis Grimes, was found stabbed and staged in a recliner inside their Georgia home on Nov. 15

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  • Genesis Grimes, 11, was found stabbed and staged in a recliner on Nov. 15
  • Shannen Grimes, 52, allegedly told police the moments before she stabbed her daughter felt “like a dream”
  • Jail records show she is charged with murder and three related counts

A Georgia mother told police the moments before her 11-year-old daughter’s killing felt “like a dream,” before officers found the child stabbed, cleaned and staged in a living room recliner with a blanket and Bible devotional book.

Jail records reviewed by PEOPLE show that Shannen Grimes, 52, is charged with murder, first-degree cruelty to children, possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of a felony and tampering with evidence in connection with the Nov. 15 death of her daughter, Genesis Grimes.

Sandy Springs police detective Isaiah Tomlin testified at a Dec. 10 hearing that Grimes told investigators “I never intended to kill my daughter” and described the period before officers arrived as “being like ‘a dream,’” according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution

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