A Kansas mother was taken into custody on Thursday after first responders found her 9-year-old dead with wounds to the chest and neck.

Deputies were called the scene at about 11:30 a.m., according to the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office.

The child’s mother, 29-year-old Shyla M. Goracke, was taken into custody at a local hospital.

Deputies did not describe the child’s wounds or say why the mother was at the hospital.

Detectives were executing a search warrant at the home Thursday afternoon, and an autopsy on the child was scheduled for Friday.

According to the Topeka Capital-Journal, the child, a boy, was stabbed to death.

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