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Mother charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to drown teenage daughter
Jasmine Marie Laws, a 35-year-old woman from Baltimore, Maryland, faces charges including attempted second-degree murder and domestic assault after allegedly trying to drown her 15-year-old daughter at a lake in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, during the Fourth of July weekend. Conflicting accounts between Laws and witnesses describe the incident, with the mother claiming the daughter's head never went underwater, while witnesses and the daughter allege she was submerged. Laws' next court hearing is scheduled for August 26.
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