Channel 9 uncovered a search warrant showing Charlotte-Mecklenburg police found a 2-year-old boy dead in a pond at Park Road Park in south Charlotte.
The warrant also said the little boy’s mother gave investigators “vague and inconsistent statements” about what happened.
Channel 9 first reported that police found the little boy at the park on March 12. On Tuesday, a search warrant shed light on the month-long murder investigation – a case with no arrests and lots of unanswered questions.
People flock to Park Road Park with their families for the ducks and serenity. But now, that quiet calmness has been stirred by the information found in the warrant. The document said a mother told investigators on March 12 at around 9 a.m., she saw her 2-year-old son go into the water. He couldn’t swim.
Police then found him dead in the pond, according to the warrant.
Investigators are now questioning family – including the mother. According to the arrest warrant, the boy’s mother said she “blacked out” and couldn’t give an “estimated timeline around the incident.” However, police said they consulted an expert who told them the mother’s story of how the child died “was not supported by science.”
Detectives went to a judge, the search warrant says, to get video from the mother’s apartment complex and to find other details to fill in the gaps.
One of the key things that police are trying to determine is if the child died in the pond or somewhere else. They hope the information they collect with the search warrant gives them some idea.
Police: Mother charged with drowning death of 2-year-old son at south Charlotte park
A mother has been charged in the drowning death of her 2-year-old son in March, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said.
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