Overview
- Sulphur police say they responded around 8:21 p.m. on Jan. 1 to a home on Quelqueshue Street and found a 1-year-old shot and killed.
- The child’s mother, 28-year-old Kristen Bass, was arrested and booked on a first-degree murder charge and is being held on a $10 million bond.
- The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office lists an additional charge of direct contempt of court for Bass, with details of that count not yet clarified.
- The child was identified by her father, Bradley Moss, as Acelynn Moss, and he told local media that Bass claimed she was trying to "send her to God," a statement authorities have not confirmed.
- A 2-year-old sibling is in the custody of Louisiana’s Department of Children and Family Services, and police ask anyone with information to contact Sgt. Jeremy Cain at 337-527-4558.