In Bexar County, Texas, deputies discovered the bodies of a three-year-old boy and his mother in a drainage ditch, along with a gun, as reported by Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar. The tragic find was confirmed to be the bodies of the previously abducted mother and child. The discovery came on the eve of a scheduled custody hearing. Texas officials are investigating the deaths as a suspected murder-suicide, occurring on the same day the mother was due in court for the custody battle.
A mother and child who were the subject of a frantic search after they vanished on the eve of a custody hearing were found dead in a drainage ditch—and Texas police think it was a murder-suicide. https://t.co/NID8ddgT8y
Texas mother and her three-year-old son are found dead in a ditch in suspected murder suicide on the same day she was due in court for custody battle hearing https://t.co/mkY7JZ93XE https://t.co/w9tw9aTCaP
Missing mom, child found dead in ditch on eve of custody hearing, Texas officials say https://t.co/wrjxtCTZ39
BREAKING: Bodies of abducted 3-year-old boy, his mother found in ditch, BCSO says https://t.co/lRJTK7yJzp
Bodies of abducted 3-year-old boy, his mother found in ditch, BCSO says https://t.co/8DRho3rZ8r
#BREAKING | This morning, deputies found two bodies in a drainage ditch and a gun, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said. Read more: https://t.co/6QhGq2GWdv