Overview
- Deputies began a search on Dec. 29 after family members found a suicide note at Deborah Collier’s home in DeLand, Florida.
- A deputy stopped Collier near Seville and found her great-granddaughter unresponsive with white pill residue, though Collier said the child was sleeping.
- The 13-year-old was airlifted to an Orlando-area hospital and is listed in stable condition in a pediatric ICU.
- Investigators recovered prescription medication bottles and a typed note describing plans to end both lives, and WESH reports the arrest affidavit cites amphetamines and benzodiazepines.
- Collier is being held without bond on an attempted first-degree murder charge, and detectives say the child requires round-the-clock care and that Collier opposed placement in assisted living.