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New York Post
24 Aug 2023


NextImg:Florida mom says she fatally choked 13-year-old son to spare him from ‘the devil’

A Florida mother who believed she was “God” allegedly confessed to strangling to death her 13-year-old son because she wanted to spare him from the devil, court records said.

Jasmin Kenney was arrested Monday after allegedly throttling her son on his bed at the family’s home in Osceola County. The 37-year-old mom called herself “Yahweh” — meaning “God” in Hebrew, according to the court records.

While in custody, Kennedy was asked by detectives if she knew why she was being interviewed. Kennedy said “she was being questioned due to her sending her son home,” court documents obtained by WFTV stated.

When asked to clarify her comments about her son, Kennedy was quoted as saying that she “spared him from the devil.”

Detectives also noted that the mom-of-two called herself “Yahweh,” which is translated from Hebrew as “God.”

Kennedy is charged with premeditated first-degree murder, domestic battery by strangulation, aggravated child abuse and child neglect.

Jasmin Kennedy, 37, has been charged with premeditated murder and other counts in the strangulation death of her 13-year-old son.
Osceola County Sheriff's Office

Jasmin Kennedy's home in St. Cloud, Florida

Deputies and paramedics found the teen dead on his bed at his family’s home in St. Cloud, Florida.
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A judge on Tuesday ordered the woman held without bond.

The tragedy unfolded when sheriff’s deputies received a 911 call around 7:30 a.m. Monday and raced to a home in St. Cloud to find Kennedy’s 13-year-old child dead on a bed.

Kennedy “spontaneously” admitted to first responders that she had choked her son, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said during a news conference.

Kennedy shared the home with her mother, the mother’s boyfriend and her own two sons, ages 5 and 13.

Jasmin Kennedy's mugshot

Kennedy called herself “Yahweh” and allegedly told deputies that she “spared” her son from the devil.
Osceola County Sheriff's Office

The woman’s younger child slept on the top bunk above his brother and was present during the deadly attack, according to officials.

The youngster ran to get help, but by the time anyone in the home realized what was happening, the 13-year-old could not be saved.

Kennedy seen in court Tuesday

Kennedy appeared in court Tuesday and was ordered held without bond.
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Paramedics who were called to the home on Crosley Avenue discovered the teen lying face up on his bed. He died on the spot.

“It’s always a tragedy when someone so young is taken,” Lopez said. “Their life was just taken from them. It hits home, especially when you have children.”