California mother kills six-month-old daughter, throws son off second floor balcony and then jumps herself
Tierra Ortega, the mother, survived the fall but faces charges of homicide, attempted homicide, and child abuse resulting in death in connection to the incident on Tuesday
A California mother allegedly killed her six-month-old daughter before throwing her other 17-month-old son off the balcony and then jumping herself. Thanks to quick medical attention, the mother and the son thrown off the balcony survived.
According to a press release by the Upland Police Department, 911 dispatchers received a call from a concerned neighbor about a screaming infant from the apartment of 24-year-old Tierra Ortega on Tuesday, February 26. The neighbor told the operator that she saw Ortega holding the child over a second-story landing and that she then proceeded to release the toddler to the ground below.