ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque mother is facing charges in the death of her 18-month-old daughter. Emergency crews rushed to the scene where the girl was not breathing. She was beyond help. Days later, police charged the mother, Vanessa Chavez, with her death.

Chavez: "I don't know what happened."

That is what Chavez told police when they arrived at her northwest Albuquerque home on August 2. As EMTs were trying to save the life of her 18-month-old daughter, investigators asked her what had happened that evening

Chavez: "She was just sleeping, and I was asleep on the bed, and I have a six-month-old who is asleep in her crib."

Chavez said she was awakened by the child's father. Chavez: "Dad went to wake her up, and there was s* was on her pillow and then all the s* was on his

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