Wretched courtroom behavior of Nashville mother, 33, accused of drowning her daughter, 7, in park because she was fed-up of her - as it's revealed she could be EXECUTED

A Nashville mother accused of drowning her girl because she wanted to beryllium near unsocial sobbed successful tribunal arsenic she was denied enslaved and learned she could beryllium executed.

Brandi Elliot, 33, was charged pinch first-degree execution and denied enslaved aft she allegedly drowned her seven-year-old girl Piper successful Drakes Creek successful Hendersonville connected Saturday.

She cried successful tribunal connected Tuesday arsenic she told nan judge told nan judge that her seasoned hubby was surviving pinch a disability.

Prosecutors person said they are considering nan decease punishment for Elliot if she's convicted. 

Elliot reportedly told constabulary she had been having a bad time connected Saturday and Piper would not springiness her what she wanted — 'time alone.'

That's past she decided to return Piper to a shallow area successful nan greenway and held her nether nan h2o until bubbles emerged.

Elliot told nan kid to beryllium quiet arsenic she held her nether h2o 'like a largemouth bass,' arsenic reported by WKRN.

The mother reportedly said she only realized what she had done aft it was excessively precocious and tried to revive Piper pinch CPR. 

Police said a family are witnesses successful nan probe; they person started a memorial on nan greenway for Piper, and want to move nan area into 'Piper’s Pathway.'

Elliot claimed successful tribunal connected Tuesday that she had been diagnosed pinch postpartum slump erstwhile her girl was 2 but was not presently nether aesculapian care.

'When my girl was two, I benignant of mislaid it for illustration I did this time,' Elliott said successful court.

'I had postpartum slump and they gave maine medicine for it. I was having a really bad clip pinch sleeping.'

Her lawyer and nan authorities some said that they did not want her mentally evaluated astatine this time.

The accused slayer has nary criminal records and useful astatine McDonald's.

A GoFundMe has been group up for Piper's begetter Jon Elliot, who is simply a subject seasoned and was injured successful combat, according to nan organizer Kip Ziemer.

The page reads: 'Jon will beryllium needing arsenic galore donations arsenic imaginable for nan ceremonial arrangements, and basal mundane needs, he only get a mini disablement cheque each month.'

Jon, who served successful Iraq, posted a tribute to Piper online, writing: 'I will miss my babe woman forever.'