LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WRBL) – A Phenix City woman is facing two felony charges after investigators say she tried to kill her four-month-old baby.
According to court records filed Monday in Lee County District Court, 28-year-old Mireira Johana Garcia-Lucero is charged with Attempted Murder and Torture/Willful Abuse of a Child.
Deputies say the incident happened around 1:00 a.m. on Monday November 24, 2025. In the felony complaint for attempted murder, investigators allege Garcia-Lucero held her four-month-old infant in the air and shook the baby “in a reckless manner,” placed pillows and blankets over the child “in an effort to suffocate it,” and grabbed the baby by the throat several times “in an attempt to suffocate it and inflict harm.”…