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Posted: 3:48 PM Apr 11, 2008
Woman Arrested for Attempted Murder
Strasburg, Va. A Strasburg woman faces attempted second degree murder for trying to drowned her five-year-old son.
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A Strasburg woman faces attempted second degree murder for trying to drowned her five-year-old son.
Police say the boy was held under water in a bathtub until he stopped breathing.
Samantha Elizabeth Dale of the 700 block of Colley Block Road called 911 Sunday to report that her son was not breathing. When rescue squads arrived, they revived the boy and took him to Winchester Medical Center.
The boy later told a staff member that his mother held him under the water until he couldn't breathe.
Strasburg Police Chief Tim Sutherly says, "After a thorough investigation by Investigator Larry Crum, and the Strasburg Police Department and forensic personnel at the Winchester Medica Center and Social Services, it was found that physical evidence corroborated the child's claim."
The boy is now in the care of Social Services. The juvenile court system will decide where the five year old will be permanently placed.
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Apparently there was enough evidence to arrest her. She should be investigated regardless of what type of sweet person she is acclaimed to be. Anyone can have a dark side-ANYONE.
I do truly hope that all evidence to prove guilt or innocence is brought forth. I also know that children do make up stories for whatever reason that is not true. When my nephew was almost 5 yrs old he fell off a landscaping log that he was stepping up on. When my sister asked why he was playing on it when he had been told not to he told her that I had put him on it and made him fall off. She called me laughing because I live in NC and they live in Va.
I really don't believe she is guilty , and hopefully it will all come out. It's a shame that we are guilty and have to go thru so much to prove our innoences, She is a very nice person and the i don't believe she would do something like that.
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