Surrey Mother Charged With Murder Of Her 8-Year-Old Daughter Found Dead In Car Trunk

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 11 Dec, 2014 12:24 PM

SURREY, B.C. — The mother of an eight-year-old girl found dead in Surrey, B.C., has been charged with murder.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the body of Teagan Batstone was discovered in the trunk of a vehicle in South Surrey on Wednesday.

Staff Sgt. Jennifer Pound says 41-year-old Lisa Batstone is accused of second-degree murder.

Batstone was due to appear in a Surrey court on Thursday.

Pound says Batstone has no other children.

The cause of the little girl's death hasn't been confirmed and an autopsy will be conducted.

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