AURORA, Colo. -- An Aurora woman accused of repeatedly beating her 3-year-old daughter before the toddler's death will undergo an evaluation to determine if she's competent to stand trial.

A state district judge has ordered Susie Ida Quartey, 34, to be sent to the Colorado State Mental Health Institute in Pueblo. Her lawyer says Quartey is too distraught to help with her defense.

Quartey has been on a suicide watch at the Arapahoe County jail since her daughter, Jolyn Torpoh, was found dead in her home earlier this month.

In the arrest affidavit, officers said they believed the child was hit more than 50 times with a coat hanger and a broken towel rack. She may also have been stabbed with a piece of a towel rack and kicked, investigators said.

The coroner has said an autopsy was inconclusive.

Police said Quartey told investigators she was carrying Jolyn in a sling when the child fell out and onto rocks in their back yard. Her attorney, Thomas Miller, said Quartey did not beat Jolyn.

Authorities said Quartey is from Ghana and was also under an immigration hold because her residency status was unclear.

Quartey faces felony charges of sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust and assault with a deadly weapon. She also faces a misdemeanor charge of child abuse.