A woman wanted in the murder of her 2-year-old daughter in North Carolina has been arrested in Connecticut, authorities said Tuesday.

Rajasaffiyya Drain , 28, was detained Monday in Wethersfield, police said in a Facebook post. She was wanted in connection with the death of her daughter, Jamie Drain, in Windsor, N.C., on Dec. 2, 2024.

Cops picked up Drain while responding to a domestic incident in Wethersfield , police said. During the investigation, they learned she had a warrant for her arrest from North Carolina.

Though Jamie Drain died on Dec. 2, 2024, her mother was not charged with murder until Monday morning , according to Richmond, Va., ABC affiliate WRIC.

After processing Drain on the domestic violence charges on that same morning, cops were about to release her when

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