Mother Accused of Drowning Daughter in Tub After Argument Over Refusal to Give Teen Diabetes Medication

Mar. 15, 2025

Angel-Giselle.Photo:gofundme.com

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A Florida mom was arrested and charged last week on accusations she drowned her 14-year-old daughter.

Police responded to a report of an “armed disturbance” at a home in Kissimmee, Fla., on Wed., Nov. 20, where they discovered 14-year-old Giselle Glover unresponsive, theOsceola County Sheriff’s Officesaid in a statement. She was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Emergency dispatchers were told that a woman, later identified as the victim’s mother Kelsey Michelle Glover, had drowned Giselle and attacked the caller with knives and a hammer, per the statement.

The local medical examiner determined Giselle died from drowning and declared her death a homicide.

Kelsey Glover.Osceola County Corrections

Osceola County Corrections

In aGoFundMeset up to help bring her body to his hometown in Virginia, Giselle’s father wrote a moving letter to his “Princess,” whom he says was so smart she’d often leave family members googling words she’d used.

“You never let your type 1 diabetes define you or hold you back,” wrote her dad, DJ. “Instead, you turned it into something that inspired us all, showing us how to take life’s challenges and turn them into stepping stones.”

“There’s so much I’ll never get to do with you, things I had dreamed of like buying your first car, spending my whole check on your prom dress, walking you down the aisle, and sharing that first father-daughter dance,” he wrote in a final letter to his daughter, shared on GoFundMe. “But I hold tight to the memories we did make, and I take comfort in knowing you were loved beyond measure.”

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Kelsey faces a first-degree murder charge, the sheriff’s office said in their statement. It wasn’t immediately clear if she has entered a plea or retained an attorney to speak on her behalf.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office at (407) 348-2222.

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source: people.com