Records say Texas woman told husband of her intention to `give her child to God'.(The Dallas Morning News)

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

Publication Date: 25-NOV-04

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Byline: Jennifer Emily and Tim Wyatt

PLANO, Texas _ The night before a Plano homemaker killed her 10-month-old daughter, she told her husband she wanted to "give her child to God," court documents say.

The following morning, records show, Dena Schlosser called her husband, John, at work and told him she had cut off the arms of their youngest daughter, Margaret Elizabeth.

Child Protective Services took custody of the couple's other daughters, ages 6 and 9, when their mother was charged with capital murder Monday.

The agency asked a judge Tuesday to terminate the parental rights of both parents, stating that John Schlosser did not protect Margaret from his wife.

Caseworker Jennifer Leung interviewed Schlosser and said, "He did not appear to be alarmed by the comment or see it as a sign that Mrs. Schlosser would harm their child," according to an affidavit.

Mrs. Schlosser, 35, worked at Children's World Learning Center in Plano before the birth of her daughter in January. CPS records show that she was treated for postpartum depression for much of the year and was deemed stable in August.

According to public records and CPS officials, Mrs. Schlosser did not have a criminal record or a history of mental illness before the birth of her...

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