A girl accused of pushing her 3-year-old nephew off Chicago’s Navy Pier and watching him drown in Lake Michigan has now been charged with homicide following the kid’s dying.
Victoria Moreno, 34, was arrested final month. She was initially charged with tried first-degree homicide and aggravated battery to a baby underneath 13, however the cost was upgraded to first-degree homicide, Fox 32 Chicago reported.
Based on the Chicago Police Division, Moreno pushed Josiah Brown off Navy Pier on the afternoon of Sept. 19. Police stated she didn’t make any try to rescue him and initially denied realizing who he was.
Prepare dinner County prosecutors say Victoria Moreno threw Josiah Brown into Lake Michigan and watched him drown. She is now dealing with homicide prices after the kid died.
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Divers have been known as to the scene and pulled the toddler from the lake after about half-hour, in keeping with Prepare dinner County prosecutors. He was rushed to Lurie Kids’s Hospital in extreme situation.
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He died days later, on Sept. 25, following bleeding in his lungs, seizures and a coronary heart infusion.
Surveillance video within the space allegedly exhibits Moreno doing nothing to assist the kid, her nephew, who was within the water drowning.
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Prosecutors stated on the morning of Sept. 19, Moreno stole the keys to the household’s truck in suburban Des Plains and took off with the boy when nobody was wanting. She was not allowed to drive the automotive as a result of she takes medicine for “psychological well being points.”
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Surveillance video within the space allegedly exhibits Moreno doing nothing to assist the kid who was within the water drowning. The kid was ultimately rescued, however not earlier than he vomited twice and sank in Lake Michigan earlier than individuals close by threw in a flotation system.
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In bond courtroom Tuesday, Moreno’s lawyer claimed Moreno didn’t deliberately push the Brown into the water, however was as an alternative standing over the toddler when he fell. Moreno’s lawyer stated Moreno has been identified with nervousness, despair and bipolar dysfunction.
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The decide decided Moreno is a “hazard to the group” and ordered her maintain with out bail.