LAND O’LAKES, Fla. (WFLA) — A teacher from Pasco County accused of killing her son on Sunday told detectives that she “snapped” before strangling the 6-year-old to death, according to an affidavit from the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office.
Justine Mroz, 40, called 911 just before 10 a.m. on Oct. 19 and told the dispatcher she killed her son and was trying to kill herself.
Officers arrived to find Mroz with cuts and blood on her arms and the boy laying on the floor unresponsive. He was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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The woman told police that her son, who was diagnosed with autism at a young age, was watching TV when he started banging his head on the floor and hitting himself. When she tried to restrain him, he started hitting and biting her and struck her in the face…