A 9-year-old Bronx girl who cops suspect strangled herself with a shower curtain in an apparent suicide has been identified as Justice Williams.
Justice's mother made the horrific discovery at the family's Wallace Ave. home in Morris Park around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, police said.
The girl was declared dead at Jacobi Hospital 12 minutes later.
The mother, Tamiqua Torres, had written on her personal blog that her daughter was unhappy about becoming a big sister.
"We were as happy as happy could be until one day my then 8 year old woke up and decided that she wasn't exactly thrilled about being a Big Sister," Torres wrote.
The girl told family members she "wanted to die" when she learned her mom was pregnant — prompting her mother to get her professional help, according to sources.
Torres, 31, decided to check on the 9-year-old girl Sunday because she was taking too long in the shower, according to police sources.
She walked in and found her daughter motionless, with a white cloth around her neck hanging from the metal shower frame door, sources said.
The girl had recently gone to a therapist for help dealing with the birth of a new half-brother, sources said.
Torres and her new husband, Raymond Torres, had a baby about eight months ago. Raymond Torres was Justice's stepfather, police sources said.
Torres talked openly about her daughter's struggle on the parenting blog she started after getting married and discovering she was pregnant.
She said it was hard for Justice to think about sharing attention after always being an only child.
- NYDailyNews
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