A tragic weekend police call ended with a Memphis woman charged with child abuse and a 10-year-old boy dead.
Robin McKinzie is charged with aggravated child abuse and endangerment after her 10-year-old son died Saturday afternoon from a self-inflicted knife wound, police said.
The boy was found bleeding from the upper torso and was unresponsive when emergency crews arrived.
He was rushed to a local hospital, but was pronounced dead an hour later.
Police said McKinzie told first responders she was whipping her son with an extension cord and choking him as a form of discipline when the child became angry.
She said he ran into the kitchen, grabbed a knife, and stabbed himself in the chest.
The incident is still under investigation.
McKinzie was jailed on $100,000 bond.
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