Mother posts false news of 3-year-old's death online, and days later tries to drown him in the bathtub
The woman, identified as Celeste T. Christian, is currently being held without bail on attempted murder charges and her son is at the University of Chicago Medical Center
A 21-year-old mother from South Side, Chicago, was arrested after trying to drown her three-year-old son in a bathtub. Chicago police said that the woman had posted the news of her son's death days earlier on Facebook before trying to kill him.
The woman, identified as Celeste T. Christian, is currently being held without bail on attempted murder charges and her son is at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Officials said that the child is off the ventilator now and is able to speak, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The boy is currently being treated at the hospital for asphyxiation and water in his lungs after police said that someone had tried to hold the child underwater, according to reports.
