Four-Year-Old Miami Girl Survives After Mother Tries To Asphyxiate Her

"Sitting across from Miami police detectives, Janice Marie Miles explained she had a good reason for trying to kill her 4-year-old daughter by wrapping a plastic bag around her head. "Ms. Miles justified her actions due to her current financial decision," police officer William Moreno wrote in a statement released Thursday. And with that, police charged Miles, 32, with attempted murder and child abuse. The mother of three initially thought she had killed her little girl, and even called 911 from a pay phone to make a confession and direct them to the girl's body, police said. But the girl, whose name was not released, survived and was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she is listed in stable condition. She is expected to make a full recovery."