Pa. Babysitter Allegedly Stabs Kid’s Mom to Death, Then Calls Police: ‘Why Did I Do That?’

A Pennsylvania man has been arrested after he allegedly shared a marijuana cookie with the mother of the child he was babysitting and then stabbed her to death.

Lavrius Watson, 26, was taken into custody on Saturday and charged with one count of criminal homicide in the killing of 41-year-old Elizabeth Bennett Leonard, the Pennsylvania State Police said in a press release.

Lavrius Watson

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Watson later told investigators that he had been hired as a babysitter for Leonard’s children and that, at one point, the two adults shared a marijuana cookie {snip}

He allegedly said he had an adverse reaction to the marijuana and remembered pulling a knife from a kitchen drawer before stabbing Leonard in the stomach approximately five times, the Pocono Record reports.

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When authorities arrived at the home, they reportedly found Leonard’s body propped against the front door.

Meanwhile, police said, Watson was covered in blood and was muttering: “Why did I do that?” according to The Pocono Record.

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