Grandmother ‘used power saw on baby’

A Chicago woman has been charged with the murder of her 7-month-old granddaughter, who was struck in the head multiple times before having her throat cut with a power saw, prosecutors said.

Police have said the baby girl, Rose Herrera, was killed on Monday, apparently because she would not stop crying. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office said the baby’s 52-year-old grandmother, Manuela Rodriguez, was charged with first-degree murder in Rose’s death.

An autopsy concluded that the baby was already dead when her throat was cut. It concluded that not only was the girl struck in the head with an object but that she also likely suffocated on a sock that was “placed in her mouth”.