ORLANDO, Fla. – A woman charged with murdering her 11-year-old daughter appeared before an Orange County judge Wednesday.
The judge ordered Rosa Rivera, 28, to be evaluated by a doctor requested by the state.
Investigators said Rivera stabbed her daughter, Aleyda, 15 times on March 10 and drove her body to Winnie Palmer Hospital.
According to detectives, Rivera initially denied killing Aleyda, saying a man had stabbed her. Eventually, Rivera confessed to stabbing the girl because she "smiled different" and she thought her daughter was having sex.
Rivera's relatives told detectives the victim had never been sexually abused.
Rivera was arrested on charges of second-degree murder and battery on a law enforcement officer after investigators say she punched a corrections officer at the Orange County Jail.
She entered a not guilty plea.
Rivera's next competency hearing is scheduled for August 21.
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