Police reported Monday they have arrested a mother who they believe killed her 2-month-old daughter in a Grantville apartment.
San Diego Police homicide detectives responding to a welfare call in the 10300 block of San Diego Mission Road at 11:33 a.m. on Sunday arrested 35-year-old Christine Mendoza on suspicion of killing her 2-month-old daughter.
The infant suffered trauma to her body that indicated she was the victim of violent trauma, police said.
Lt. Steve Shebloski described the crime as “a tragic domestic-related incident where the infant’s mother killed her child for unknown reasons.”
Mendoza was booked into San Diego County jail on one count of murder.
City News Service contributed to this article.