Would you like a morbid and horrible story to start the day? Here, have this one about a North Carolina mother who, weeks before she and her boyfriend were arrested on murder and child abuse charges in the death of 2-year-old Macy Grace, commissioned a set of photoshopped photos of her and her ethereal daughter in a cemetery.

Macy was rushed to the hospital on Dec. 2, and according to police records was unresponsive and had bruises all over her body. Those bruises were consistent with child abuse, a Fayetteville PD search warrant said. The medical examiner last week ruled the child’s death a homicide, and her mother Jeanie Ditty, an active-duty soldier at Fort Bragg, and boyfriend Zachary Keefer were arrested and charged the next day.

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In between, Ditty sought out the services of Sunny Jo, a Pennsylvania-based photographer who specializes in photoshopped portraits with deceased family members. Ditty told Jo that her daughter had choked to death on a banana.

ā€œI felt so bad for the grieving mother that I decided to do $500 worth of work for free because of the situation,ā€ Jo told WNCN-TV.

The result: images of Ditty reading with Macy, walking through the cemetery, even standing by Macy’s grave.

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Jo says he was flooded with abusive and hateful messages after Ditty was charged. ā€œI regret that I’m attached to a situation that is so evil, and is so vile,ā€ he told Fox News.

ā€œI find out that she wanted these photos just to lie to the public,ā€ Jo told WNCN, ā€œto cover up what she did so she can look like the grieving mother.ā€

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Ditty, 23, and Keefer, 32, are each charged with first-degree murder and negligent child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury. Both are being held without bond.