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"If it was me who committed this murder," Justine M. Johnson said, "I expect to be punished as any other person would be."

Two Michigan moms were detained in separate incidents of killing their daughter, with one blaming Spongebob for prompting her to kill her child or she will be dead instead.

Michigan mom Justine Johnson, 22, allegedly told investigators that SpongeBob SquarePants spoke to her from the television, saying she would be killed if she didn't kill her daughter.

TAWAS CITY– An Oscoda woman accused of killing her 3-year-old daughter appeared for a preliminary examination on Feb. 4, in front of Iosco County 81st District Court Judge Christopher P.

Justine Johnson has pleaded not guilty to one count of felony murder and one count of first-degree child abuse.

A Michigan mom allegedly told authorities she believed SpongeBob instructed her to kill her 3-year-old daughter through the television while she was on drugs and hallucinating.

A 22-year-old mother charged with the murder of her 3-year-old daughter claimed she heard voices from her television telling her to hurt her daughter prior to the girls death, according

A 22-year-old mother charged with the murder of her 3-year-old daughter claimed she heard voices from her television telling her to hurt her daughter prior to the girls death, according

A 22-year-old mother charged with the murder of her 3-year-old daughter claimed she heard voices from her television telling her to hurt her daughter prior to the girls death, according

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.