Washington state authorities say a woman wrote damning Facebook messages about killing her 2-month-old daughter — and now she has been charged with attempted murder and assault .

Shannon McNease, 27, was apprehended by Mason County Sheriff's deputies on Thursday after an investigation apparently connected to her injured baby. McNease is now in custody in Washington's Kitsap County, where she is being held on $1 million bond.

According to Bremerton police, the baby's father on Aug. 7 brought the girl to the emergency room , where she was found to have "suspicious" injuries. After the baby was transferred to Mary Bridge Children's Hospital, doctors found that the baby had a brain bleed and "20 rib fractures and six metaphyseal fractures," which were believed to have been caused by "non-acc

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