WEBSTER, Texas – A mother was arrested Tuesday and has been charged after the drowning of her 3-year-old son in Webster in July, court documents said.
Christina Renee Meeks, 32, was charged with abandoning a child under 15. She is being held in the Harris County Jail.
Officers with the Webster Police Department said they conducted a warrant service in the 800 block of W. Nasa Parkway around 3:45 p.m.
Police said Meeks was placed in custody for an outstanding Harris County warrant for endangering a child, which stemmed from the drowning death of her 3-year-old son Mars Bedell on July 5. Authorities said the child drowned two days before it was decided his organs would be donated.
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Meeks is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.