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Dena Schlosser, the woman who cut off her baby’s arms in 2004, is being released and is being allowed to go into outpatient treatment.

She is slated to be released sometime within the next month, prosecutor Curtis Howard said today. The ruling was made on Thursday.

Ms. Schlosser severed her 10-month-old daughter’s arms with a kitchen knife in November 2004 because, she said, she wanted to give the baby to God.

In April 2006, State District Judge Chris Oldner found her not guilty by reason of insanity at her second murder trial. Her first trial ended in a hung jury.

Yeah, uh, no.

Dena Schlosser, the Plano mother who killed her baby by cutting off her arms, has told a judge that she believes she’s ready to be released from a state mental hospital.

In a letter dated June 3, Ms. Schlosser asked state District Judge Chris Oldner for a new hearing, citing several mistakes in her medical records that have been corrected.

“I am confident that in light of the corrected documentation, my current mental health needs can be adequately met by community services and that I am no longer in need of institutionalized care,” Ms. Schlosser wrote.