Plano mother who cut baby's arms off ordered back into state mental hospital

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Dena Schlosser, the former Collin County woman who killed her baby by cutting off her arms but was found not guilty by reason of insanity, is back in a state mental hospital.

Schlosser, 41, was formally ordered back to Terrell State Hospital on Thursday by State District Judge Chris Oldner, said her attorney, David Haynes, but she has been under care there for several weeks.

"She was found in Richardson by firefighters there in March," Haynes said. "She was walking down the street at 2 in the morning."

Collin County prosecutors could not be reached for comment.

Haynes said Schlosser, who was released from state care by Oldner in November 2008, had been free on an outpatient maintenance basis that required her to keep up with her medications, among other things. He said that she had basically abided by the requirements until recently.

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