Mom ‘admits to suffocating her baby with a plastic bag’ 10 years ago after claiming she got tangled in blanket

A MOM admitted to suffocating her baby with a plastic bag 10 years ago after claiming she got tangled in a blanket, according to police. Zohal Sakwall, 40, allegedly killed her four-month-old daughter Natalie and lied to police on the day the young girl died in June 2010. Ten years go, Sakwall claimed she: “laid […]

A MOM admitted to suffocating her baby with a plastic bag 10 years ago after claiming she got tangled in a blanket, according to police.

Zohal Sakwall, 40, allegedly killed her four-month-old daughter Natalie and lied to police on the day the young girl died in June 2010.

Metro Nashville Police Department

Ten years go, Sakwall claimed she: “laid the infant down for a nap, and that when she returned, the child had become entangled in a blanket and suffocated,” police said Tuesday.

However, it appears guilt prompted Sakwall to call and confess to the Metro Nashville Police Department’s Youth Services Division on January 31.

After the phone call, Sakwall was interviewed by detectives Bowden and Steven Carrick at police headquarters – where she admitted to suffocating Natalie because of “the disruption to her life caused by having the child,” according to a Tuesday news release.

She also admitted to destroying evidence and staging the scene to hide the crime.

Sakwall was arrested Monday night at her home in South Nashville, Tennessee.

Natalie’s death was classified by the Metro Nashville Police Department and the Medical Examiner as an accident in the July 15, 2010 death.

Police said the decision was “based on all available information and the results of an autopsy.”

Sakwell was indicted by a grand jury on first degree murder charges.

She remains in jail under a $200,000 bond.

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