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Valrico Mother Charged With Trying to Drown 3 Children After Instagram Livestream

Prosecutors seek to hold her without bail, citing the livestream, rope bindings from a pool life ring, plus a post-Miranda admission.

Overview

  • Following a 1:28 a.m. dispute with the children's father, investigators say she took her three children—ages 3, 2 and 8 months—to a community pool on Sacramento Street while livestreaming a “last goodbye.”
  • Court documents state she lifted the children over the locked fence, then tied herself and the children together using a rope from a life ring, and that none of them knows how to swim.
  • Prosecutors say she pushed the children into the six-foot deep end upon seeing a vehicle arrive and then entered the water herself.
  • Family members who saw the videos jumped the fence and pulled all four from the pool, and the sheriff's office reports the children did not suffer significant injuries.
  • She faces three counts of attempted first-degree murder, and a pretrial detention hearing is scheduled for Monday to decide bail.