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Help with lawyer fees and a mental health institution

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For everyone on my social media friends and family I know everyone is seeing the post the Gulfport Police department posted about my minor child being charged with arson and attempted murder. They posted my address and my minor child's full name the posted statements she made 10 to 20 minutes after the initial incident occurred without my consent or presence and she also didn't have a lawyer and was never informed that she needed one. I would like to share the true story. My daughter just turned 15 in April of this year and has been mentally ill for almost 2 years now she has been in and out of psychiatrist offices therapist offices and mental health centers for a long time. It started when she began to hear voices and see things that weren't actually there I've gone above and beyond for my kids to make sure they have everything they've ever wanted and needed I've been a full time single parent their entire lives I've taken them places bought them things made wonderful memories with them as a family but nobody was prepared for what she did to me Friday at 2am on my birthday. My babygirl lit my bedroom door on fire and stabbed me multiple times while I was sleeping the police got to her 2 streets over and she is now in the harrison county jail I went to the hospital I got stitches and the doctors took good care of me she is now in medical at the jail on 24 hour watch and I spoke to her lawyer today about getting her committed to a mental institution to get her the help she needs. She was just a sick little girl that no amount of trying to help her on part could work. She believes in her head that I'm not her real mother and i stole her from her real parents which is farthest from the truth! She was a good child just over the past 2 and a half years I have gone above and beyond to get her the mental health treatments she's needed. I tried to provide her with everything she ever needed and wanted and I always asked her if she wanted to talk to me about anything. All of these things going on has my family in mental distress as well as my physical wounds all over my body I am still trying to heal mentally myself. The Gulfport Police Department has caused our entire family so much embarrassment and sadness by posting statements my child made while she was in a psychotic episode. The had no right to question or degrade my daughter as she is a minor and just because they charged her as an adult does not mean that's she's not still a barely 15 year old girl who has been trying to get help for a very long time. I do not have the money to hire the lawyer i need to help her through this case and i do not have the money to try and get her the helpnshe needs from a mental health facilitie. I'm asking anyone that can help me help this little girl to get the help she needs to donate. Most importantly I need prayers while she goes through this difficult time in her life.They have caused me so much stress and social harrament yesterday I quit my job because a customer was threatening me and i had to call the police to have her removed from the parking lot. I'm afraid to be at home because people are stopping in front of my house and speeding off all hours of the day and night and I'm also having trouble keeping myself together to help speak to lawyers and take care of the things i need to take care of to help my daughter and family. Please keep all 3 of my children and my family in your prayers as we move forward in this difficult time. Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

A concerned mother

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Brooke McManus
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Gulfport, MS

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