POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A judge has denied bond to a Lakeland woman charged with killing her 6-year-old daughter and father.
The judge in Polk County said Monday that Cheyanne Jessie, 25, will remain in jail.
She is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of tampering with evidence.
Raw: Woman accused of killing daughter, father
Detectives said she killed her daughter, Meredith Jessie, and her father, Mark Weekly, 50. Officials said she hid the bodies in a shed owned by Weekly's landlord.
Cheyanne Jessie said in an arrest affidavit released Monday that her daughter and father were killed during a struggle over a knife and a gun with her dad at his home.
But detectives said Jessie had no injuries to suggest she had been in a struggle with her father.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Cheyanne Jessie got into an argument with Weekly regarding her new boyfriend on July 18 at Weekly’s home on Drane Field Road in Lakeland.
"She was frustrated with the child, and as a result, she didn't want the child to mess up the relationship she had with the boyfriend," Judd said.
Investigators said Cheyanne Jessie’s story changed several times after she reported the two missing.
She first told authorities the two were in Georgia, then claimed she killed them in self-defense, deputies said.
"She supposedly gets the knife from her father after the father is fighting and slashing at her with the knife and accidentally stabs the 6-year-old. None of the evidence supports this," Judd said.
Deputies serving a search warrant discover blood-stained floors and furniture with slash marks.
Judd said the house reeked of a foul odor, and Cheyanne Jessie claimed there had been a dead raccoon under her porch.
"Nothing is more horrific than the murder of a child, except when it’s done by a parent," Judd said.
Judd said a gun and knife were used in the killings, but they are waiting for the results of the autopsies to determine exactly how Weekly and Meredith Jessie died.
"This is the face and (these are) the eyes of a cold-blooded murderer that not only murdered them on the 18th of July, but left them in the residence for many days," Judd said.
A friend of Weekly’s said the grandfather helped take care of Meredith Jessie.
"He would rather you take his life than mess with that baby," said friend Fred Poore Jr.
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