Crime & Safety

Mom Charged With Homicide After Toddler Dies

A West Virginia woman whose young child died days after nearly drowning in a Green Tree hotel room bathtub earlier this month now faces homicide charges.

A West Virginia woman earlier this month now faces homicide charges.

Sharon Flanagan, 33, was arrested on July 1 after investigators said they believed she tried to drown her 2-year-old son, Steven, while at the Best Western Hotel on Greentree Road near .

The boy was taken to the hospital, but died on July 6. That prompted the Allegheny County medical examiner’s office to perform an autopsy, which investigators say led them to determine the cause of death as homicide.

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Investigators said Sharon Flanagan was in the room at the time of the incident and gave police different versions of the events that had taken place.

She had already been charged with attempted homicide and was being kept in the Allegheny County Jail. In addition to homicide charges, Allegheny County police also faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated assault.

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She continues to be held at the jail and is awaiting arraignment on the new charges.

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