Florida Mom Faces Death Penalty in Son's Murder

0:00It's April 16th. You're listening to Tampa Bay News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Cory with the story. Prosecutors in Florida are pushing for the death penalty against Diana Cullum, a 43-year-old mom charged with first-degree murder in the death of her four-year-old son, Finley Joseph Cullum. Back on January 27, St. Petersburg police got called to a home on Tango Wood Drive, where a teen coming home from school found the little. Boys body inside. Cullum was arrested the next day with self-inflicted stab wounds all over, and blood smeared through the house. She even confessed to suffocating her. Son with a plastic bag before trying to end her own life. She'd been having dark thoughts about harming him the night before, and that very day, according to the police report, painting a grim picture of what went down. Now the state attorney has filed a notice to seek execution, but they've ordered a full mental health evaluation first, canceling her April. The 20th court date until that's done, leaving everyone watching how her state of mind

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