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Insets, left to right: Finley Cullom (Diana Cullom\/Facebook) and Diana Cullom (Pinellas County Jail). Background: The home in St. Petersburg, Florida, where Cullom allegedly killed her son Finley (WFLA\/YouTube).<\/p>\n
A teenage girl arrived home from school Tuesday afternoon to a horrific scene: Her 4-year-old brother dead in their bloodied mother”s arms on a bed, Florida<\/a> cops say.<\/p>\n The St. Petersburg Police Department said 43-year-old Diana Elizabeth Cullom suffocated Finley Cullom with a plastic bag. The mother of four is charged with first-degree murder<\/a>.<\/p>\n “She walked into the house, she sees blood everywhere, she sees her 4-year-old brother \u2026 you come to the conclusion,” Chief Anthony Holloway told reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cops responded around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to a home in the 1700 block of Tanglewood Drive NE for a report of a person bleeding. They went inside to find the boy dead and his mother suffering from apparent self-inflicted stab wounds. Paramedics took Cullom to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. She has since been released and is now in the Pinellas County Jail.<\/p>\n Because there was so much blood in the house, investigators initially believed Cullom stabbed her son to death. But further investigation revealed she allegedly suffocated Finley with a plastic bag. Cops also found a note reportedly written by Cullom in the home but they did not divulge what it said.<\/p>\n Cullom provided statement to authorities after receiving her Miranda rights, but that was redacted from the initial police report. Cops have not released a motive for the slaying or revealed what led to the killing.<\/p>\n