Officials say the boy had to be retrieved from the bottom of the lake by Chicago Fire Department officials after he was pushed into the water on Sept. 19 by his aunt, Victoria Moreno. Prosecutors say Moreno waited until no one at the pier was looking and pushed the boy into the water, then watched him drown.Josiah Brown | Legal Help Firm
and bail was denied at her bond hearing on Wednesday, despite defense arguments that she suffers from mental health issues. Officials said she may face greater charges in the wake of the boy's death. A heartbreaking account from a witness who saw the young boy who had been thrown from Navy Pier, sinking into Lake Michigan.
On the day of the incident, the victim's mother left the boy at his grandmother's house where Moreno also lives. While another aunt went to wake up her kids and his grandmother went to change, Moreno stole the family's truck and drove the boy into the city from Des Plaines, according to prosecutors. The defendant is not allowed to drive due to the medications she's on. She has a history of mental illness and has taken her nieces without permission before.
What happened to the aunt?
Unmitigated Evil!
What in the democrat?
Omg, bless his heart! Rest in paradise🙏🏽
She’ll go to prison for that but if she would’ve shot him on the east side of town, there would’ve been no consequences.
Beautiful little boy. RIP
Wow the whole fam a mess... sometimes there's just no hope.