VA - Female toddler, 2, found dead in Virginia Beach hotel, suspicious, 1 August 2022

[imstilla.grandma]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – A 2-year-old girl was found dead in a Virginia Beach hotel room early Monday and police are investigating her death as suspicious in nature.

An adult woman was also located at the Oceanfront hotel on the 3600 block of Atlantic Avenue suffering from a medical emergency and is currently hospitalized, Virginia Beach Police confirmed to 10 On Your Side on Tuesday.

Officers responded to that location around 3:30 a.m. Monday..

10 On Your Side learned details from Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police about the victims and circumstances surrounding the toddler’s death.

MPD confirmed to 10 On Your Side the child and the woman, which they report is her mother, are from the DC area. Police also say that the mother, identified as Leandra Andrade, left the city after losing custody of the child and was last seen on Friday.

The child’s father was awarded full custody and was already aware of the fact Andrade would have their daughter this past weekend. The reasoning as to why is unclear.

A friend of Andrade reached out to MPD after seeing concerning social media posts from her. MPD says they started investigating at that point and tracked her down to the Virginia Beach area, which initiated assistance from VBPD.

According to MPD, Andrade’s car was found in the parking lot of a different hotel than the one she was staying at. 10 On Your Side has not yet been able to confirm which hotel the pair were staying in prior to the toddler’s death.

Toddler’s death at VB hotel ruled suspicious, police say

A woman was also located at the Oceanfront hotel in the 3600 block of Atlantic Avenue suffering from a medical emergency, Virginia Beach Police confirmed Tuesday.

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[cvaldez1975]

Court documents: Woman texted friend saying she and her young daughter would 'look down on them from Heaven'

Newly released court documents show that Leandra Andrade had allegedly texted her friend that she and her daughter would "look down on them from Heaven."

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seems clear what happened here.

 

[cvaldez1975]

Mother charged with child abuse after toddler dies at VB hotel

The mother of a 2-year-old child found dead in a Virginia Beach hotel room on Monday has been charged with felony child abuse.

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[MsMarple]

In March, a father told a Washington D.C. family courts judge that he was concerned about his wife’s deteriorating mental health and afraid for his daughter’s safety when she was with her mother.
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10 On Your Side investigators obtained a copy of that emergency motion, which shows Fabio Andrade told the judge that his wife was in “mental distress” and that he was afraid she was a danger to herself and to their daughter.

The motion detailed Leandra Andrade’s “extreme change in behaviors,” including increased paranoia, cutting off contact with close family members, and forcing her husband to live in the basement.
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Fabio Andrade alleged that his wife refused to give his daughter to him, demanded that he drop the custody case, and pleaded that they live together as a family again, court records state.

During a difficult transition, Leandra Andrade allegedly told her husband that if he didn’t have the custody case dismissed by July 1, she would “have to make a decision that would change everything big time and [he] won’t be happy about it.”

Father told judge mother was a danger to 2-year-old before daughter died in VB hotel room

In March, a father told a Washington D.C. family courts judge that he was concerned about his wife’s deteriorating mental health and afraid for his daughter’s safety when she was with h…

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My bolding.
Long article chronicling the mother's ongoing mental health issues and the father's attempts to protect little Lanoix.

Maybe it's just a sign of modern life but I find it odd that the mother decided to post on social media before murdering her daughter. And a bit suspicious that mother texted a friend saying that "they would look down on them from Heaven," and that Andrade posted pictures of her daughter on her Instagram referring to her in the past tense.

Luckily for mother she texted her friend who alerted LE, otherwise she might have died... like Lanoix. Another murder/suicide where the murderer manages to live. Mentally ill maybe but certainly pissed off at her husband IMO. Sounds like a revenge murder to me.

Court records also say officers used Narcan to stabilize Andrade, who they say they found unconscious before she was later transported to a hospital. By the time officers arrived, the child was already dead.

Court documents: Woman texted friend saying she and her young daughter would 'look down on them from Heaven'

Newly released court documents show that Leandra Andrade had allegedly texted her friend that she and her daughter would "look down on them from Heaven."

www.13newsnow.com