'Disheveled' Mom Allegedly Confesses To Drowning 2-Year-Old, Shooting 9-Year-Old

A Missouri mother turned herself in at a police station Tuesday and said she had killed her two children, ages 2 and 9, who were found at separate locations in Jefferson County and later declared dead, according tothe county’s sheriff.

Ashley Parmeley, 36, entered the Festus Police Department “disheveled” and wet at about 10:30 a.m. to report that she had shot her 9-year-old daughter and drowned her 2-year-old, Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said at a news conference.

The girl was identified by her school district as Scarlet Parmeley, who would have been in fourth grade in the fall. Her teachers described her as “bubbly, energetic, and trustworthy,” according to a statement shared with HuffPost.

“They say she was caring and compassionate, eager to please, with a good sense of humor. She could make friends with anyone and she was very much looking forward to moving to the 4th grade when classes resume in August,” according to the Festus R-VI School District, about 30 miles south of St. Louis.

Scarlet appeared to have a single gunshot wound when police found her inside Parmeley’s car, which was parked at the police station, according to Marshak. Despite efforts to save the girl’s life, she was pronounced dead soon after.

Police discovered the 2-year-old unresponsive in a fountain outside Timber Creek Resort, a Holiday Inn property about 13 miles southwest of Festus, according to Marshak. He was later pronounced dead. A GoFundMe request to help the family identified the boy as Isaac.

It’s unclear whether the family had been staying at the resort.

After being read her Miranda rights, a sheriff’s officer said, the mother confessed to shooting Scarlet and drowning her son, according to theprobable cause statement