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Trial set for mother charged in scissors slaying

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A judge set a 2013 trial date for a Las Vegas woman accused of stabbing her 6-year-old daughter to death with a pair of scissors.

Danielle Slaughter, 27, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity on May 3 to a murder charge connected to the death of Kyla Franks.

Slaughter is now scheduled for trial on April 15, 2013, according to Clark County Court officials.

Slaughter was arrested March 11 after being found wandering naked and covered in blood near her home on Palmae Way near Vegas Drive.

Police said after officers picked her up, they found her child dead in the family home.

An arrest report revealed that Slaughter admitted to striking her daughter with scissors because the girl was "saying evil words to her." She also told officers she felt an "evil presence" in her home in the days before the slaying.

The arrest report also said Slaughter had lacked sleep and was taking a diet drug at the time.

Stay tuned to FOX5 for the latest on this developing story.

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