BEST MOM OF THE YEAR

After being shot in the head by a drunken former Marine, Jessica Arrendale managed to save their 6-month-old baby’s life by hiding her inside the toilet bowl

Last Saturday night (Sept. 13), Jessica Arrendale, 33, and Antoine Davis, 30, went out for the evening in Smyrna, Georgia. Davis, a former Marine who served in Iraq, got drunk. When they got back to her three-story townhome sometime around midnight, they got into a fight. Davis chased Jessica up the stairs while she was holding their 6-month-old daughter Cobie in her arms. She tried to ward him off with a baseball bat. He took the bat away from her and struck her with it several times.

Jessica managed to get away and lock herself and the baby in a bathroom. Davis then got a military-style rifle and used it to break the bathroom door down. He shot Jessica in the head. As she was falling down, Jessica managed to throw herself over the toilet. With her last breath she dropped Cobie into the toilet bowl. She died partially covering the toilet bowl so that Davis was unable to see the baby.

Davis then went to the baby’s room where he shot himself to death. It is believed that he intended to kill Cobie.

Smyrna cops had arrived at the scene where they got no response from anyone in the townhome. Not knowing that Jessica and Davis were already dead, they remained outside in order to avoid a possible violent confrontation. They sent in a robot, but it could not negotiate the stairs. Several hours elapsed before they finally entered the home.

By the time they found the baby, 13 hours had elapsed since Jessica managed to hide the bay in the toilet. Cobie was rushed to Atlanta’s Scottish Rite Hospital to be treated for hypothermia and a traumatic head injury. It is believed that Davis caused the head injury with the baseball bat.

It appears that Jessica and Davis were in a salt-and-pepper relationship that did not turn out too well. Her mother claims that Davis was abusive to Jessica throughout their relationship.

For saving Cobie with her last breath, Jessica Arrendale deserves to be recognized as Best Mom of the Year.