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Snake Kills Baby – An escaped Burmese python snake killed a two-year old baby girl named Shaiunna Hare in Florida, strangling the baby as she slept and then bit her head.

The python snake kills baby girl incident happened in a rural area outside Orlando, Florida at the home of 32-year old Charles Darnell – who is not the girl’s father – and 23-year old Jaren A. Hare, Shaiunna’s mother.

Lt. Bobby Caruthers of Sumter County Sheriff’s Office said the python was a family pet that apparently broke free from inside a glass aquarium in the home’s living room. The snake then made its way into the girl’s bedroom and strangled the baby girl in the middle of the night.

Darnell, 32, found the snake – about 8.5 feet long – on top of the 2-year-old this morning after he noticed the snake was missing from the aquarium. He then started stabbing the reptile. Family members called 911 at 9:43 a.m. The child was dead when emergency crews arrived at 10 a.m. She had a bite mark on her head, authorities said.

2-year-old Shaiunna Hare is one of five children killed by a pet python in the U.S. since 1980.

The snake’s owner, Charles Darnell, is now being questioned by Sumter Sheriff’s investigators and may face child endangerment charges. State wildlife officials said Darnell likely faces a second-class misdemeanor charge because he did not have a permit for the python. The misdemeanor charge could be punishable up to a $500 fine and 60 days in jail.

Charles Darnell was also arrested in late May and charged with several drug charges, including possession of cocaine and possession of amphetamine with the intention to sell.

And that’s the very sad chatter about the latest headline Snake Kills Baby.

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