Terminally Ill Daughter Murders Mother after Denying Her Life-Saving Treatment

In this gripping true crime case set in Houston, Texas, a terminally ill teen girl brutally murders her own mother in a shocking twist of betrayal and desperation. Chef Marie-Belle Russell, known for her viral avant-garde restaurant Mother’s Milk, was found hacked to death with a meat cleaver in her upscale Midtown kitchen. Police uncovered dark secrets involving her daughter Sofia Russell, a 16-year-old cancer patient denied life-saving treatment while her mother spent $20,000 on her dog’s chemotherapy. Featuring encrypted messages, a secret affair with a sous-chef, and a stunning confession, this real-life murder story explores family breakdown, mental health, and the price of parental cruelty. Watch this heartbreaking and controversial case unfold on True Crime Case Files.