Mother Beheads Her 2-Year-Old Son, Then Stabs Herself To Death

Chevonne Thomas, a 33-year-old New Jersey woman is dead after she allegedly beheaded her 2-year-old son, then committed suicide by stabbing herself in the neck.

According to police, officers were dispatched to Thomas's home after she called 911 to report that she had just stabbed her 2-year-old son. Officers arrived to find grisly murder-suicide scene inside Thomas's home.

Investigators say officers entered the residence and discovered a decapitated 2-year-old boy on the first floor of the home. The boy's head was later found in the freezer.

Officers then discovered the body of Chevonne Thomas in an upstairs room. She allegedly used a kitchen knife to stab herself to death.

Thomas, according to reports, had recently regained custody of her son, Zahree, after she allegedly left the boy unattended in a car. When questioned by police, Thomas stated that she had smoked marijuana laced with PCP before passing out at a nearby park.

The New Jersey Department of Human Services said in a statement that Thomas had been receiving counseling and support over the last several months during a court-ordered reunification process that was designed to help stabilize the family after the boy was returned to Thomas's care. That agency's services is now under review.

Autopsy reports released on Thursday show that the boy was alive before he was decapitated and that the mother died after stabbing herself in the neck.

Toxicology reports have not yet been completed, however, investigators say there were signs that Thomas was still using drugs at the time and that it may have played a roll in Wednesday's tragedy.