Houston-area mom who confessed she slit her 5-year-old daughter’s throat found not guilty by reason of insanity

HOUSTON — The woman charged in the horrific 2022 death of her 5-year-old daughter in Tomball has been acquitted by reason of insanity.

Melissa Towne’s capital murder trial was scheduled to begin on Tuesday, September 9. Judge Mark Ellis heard evidence in the case and found Towne not guilty by reason of insanity.

The above video originally aired in 2022.

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