Jun 6, 2009 2:56 pm US/Central
Woman Calls 9-1-1 To Say She's Killed Her Kids
HILLSBORO (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ―
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Debra Janelle Jeter is in the Hill County Jail after she called 9-1-1 to report she killed her 12-year-old daughter.
Hill County Sheriff
A 32-year-old Hillsboro woman is in the Hill County Law Enforcement Center after calling 9-1-1 to say she had "just killed her children."
Debra Janelle Jeter is being held on one count of murder and one count of attempted capital murder.
Hill County Sheriff's officials tell CBS 11 they were called around 10:00 Friday evening to an abandoned farm house just north of Interstate 35 on Highway 77.
Sheriff's deputies, Hillsboro police officers and Department of Public Safety troopers found the suspect inside the garage with her hands above her head, she was ordered to the ground and detained without incident.
Inside the home authorities found the woman's 12-year-old daughter Kelsey Leanne dead in a bathroom and her 13-year-old sister critically injured in a bedroom. Both girls had their throats cut.
The 13-year-old was treated by Hillsboro Fire/Rescue personnel before being flown to a Dallas hospital where she underwent surgery. The girl is said to be in Critical condition at Parkland Hospital according to Sheriff Jeffery T. Lyon.
The mother was transported to the Hill County Law Enforcement Center before being taken to a Hillsboro hospital. She was later returned to jail and put on suicide watch. Bond has been set at 1.5 million dollars.
The Texas Department of Public Safety mobile crime lab from Waco was called in to process the crime scene. A knife believed to be the murder weapon was found in Jeter's car.
People close to the family tell CBS 11 Jeter and her husband were in the process of getting a divorce. She had gone to court last week to get visitation rights with her daughters for the weekend.
Robert Miller is a friend of Jeter's ex-husband, he told CBS 11 "She said she had a suprise for them, then they went down the road."
KHBR Radio in Hillsboro reports the Hillsboro school district will have counselors at Hillsboro Intermediate School and Hillsboro Junior High School Monday morning for any students needing assistance.
Sheriff Lyon says they have asked Jeter what her motive was. "She has not yielded any information as to why this happened or why this occured."
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