Police say Michigan woman gave disabled daughter, 13, fatal overdose and tried to kill herself

Police: Mich. woman killed daughter, tried suicide

SOUTH LYON, Mich. — Police say a southeastern Michigan woman killed her disabled 13-year-old daughter with an overdose of prescription drugs and then tried to kill herself.

South Lyon officers say a home health care worker found the 52-year-old woman and her daughter unconscious in bed Saturday. The daughter was declared dead at the scene. Police did not release their names.

Police say the girl had mental and physical disabilities and was abusive to her mother.

Officers told local reporters that the mother is being treated for a drug overdose at a hospital.

South Lyon is about 30 miles west of Detroit.