Fla. mom accused of holding 14-year-old daughter's head underwater, chasing witnesses with hammer

OSCEOLA, Fla. (TCN) -- A mother faces charges after allegedly holding her teen daughter's head underwater and attacking the witnesses who tried to stop her.

According to a press conference held by Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez, on Nov. 20, deputies responded to a home in Poinciana, where an active disturbance was taking place. Upon their arrival, authorities arrested a suspect, Kelsey Glover.

Per Lopez, witnesses at the house said Glover's 14-year-old daughter was unresponsive in the upstairs bathroom after the suspect had allegedly held the girl's head underwater. The witnesses reportedly tried to intervene, but their attempts were unsuccessful. Glover allegedly attacked the witnesses and chased them with a hammer before they called 911.

According to the sheriff's office, deputies observed Glover trying to strike one of the witnesses with the hammer when they arrived, but they immediately apprehended her.

The 14-year-old victim, Giselle Glover, was transported to a hospital, where she was pronounced deceased. Lopez said they're waiting on a report from the medical examiner's office to determine her exact cause of death.

Kelsey Glover currently faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery charges, but further charges are possible pending the investigation.

Lopez said Glover has been "a little uncooperative" and called it a "dark day when things like this happen."

When asked about prior incidents in the home, Lopez alleged that Glover previously battered the child's father, but there is no other known domestic abuse history.

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