"Monster Mom" Kills Kid, Botches Suicide Bid

"NEW YORK, NY — A suspected hooker who appeared to dote on her 9-year-old son suddenly snapped and bashed the boy’s head with a hammer, police sources said.

"The unthinkable crime Friday night was the city’s third child murder in as many days.

"Ex-con Tenika Revell, 40, called 911 just before 11 p.m., police said. As if she had ice in her veins, she coldly told the operator that she killed her child and had taken pills to try to end her own life, police said.

"Cops rushed to her Brooklyn apartment and found the woman alive. But her son Bernard couldn’t be saved.

"Bernard was found with bruises and lacerations to his head, police said.

"The monster mom, treated at Woodhull Hospital, was charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child.

"Police sources said Revell had at least 33 prior arrests, including several for prostitution. Revell, who used several aliases, served two separate stints in prison after being convicted of attempted robbery and attempted burglary, records show.

"Police were still trying to figure out late Saturday why she killed the boy."

Source: NYDailyNews.com...