Rachel Fryer, the Sanford mother charged with murdering her 2-year-old daughter, has filed a motion to obtain new attorneys, according to the State Attorney's office.
Fryer filed for new attorneys "because she feels her public defenders are not representing her properly," officials said.
A Jan. 5 hearing has been set for a judge to hear Fryer's request.
Police found the body of missing 2-year-old Tariji Gordon two days after she was reported missing from Seminole County. Fryer admitted to putting the girl's body in a suitcase and then burying it.
In Fryer's arrest affidavit, the woman said she found the toddler unresponsive after a Feb. 6 visit with a case worker at Community Based Care of Central Florida. The agency, through contracts with the Florida Department of Children and Families, had been supervising and regularly visiting the family since November.
Fryer said she tried to revive the toddler for 30 minutes, but did not call 911, despite having a working cell phone. According to the affidavit, Fryer "placed the child victim in a leopard print suitcase, fully dressed in a jacket, purple shirt, blue jeans, socks and pink and white shoes."
Police, however, said the child died from blunt force trauma.
In March, a grand jury indicted Fryer on five counts, including first-degree felony murder, aggravated manslaughter, two counts of aggravated child abuse and tampering with evidence.
Fryer's attorney entered a not guilty plea in April. Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty against Fryer. Sanford police have also reopened the death investigation into Fryer's 2-month-old son, who died in 2011.
In July, Rachel Fryer sent a handwritten letter to News 13 saying she didn't murder her child and blamed the Florida Department of Children and Families for not helping her.
Fryer's trial is scheduled to begin in early 2015.