Mom faces death penalty for murdering 3-year-old daughter after forcing her to drink bleach
POINCIANA, FL – The State’s Attorney’s office announced today that Florida prosecutors are going to seek the death penalty for Joanne Zephir, a mother accused of making her daughters ingest bleach and choking her youngest to death. Zephir, 38, was found unconscious in a car on Mother’s Day 2022 with her three-year-old daughter and her older sister, aged eight. According to authorities, Zephir had compelled her daughters to drink bleach before attempting to strangle them. …