HOPE, AR — Investigators with the Hope Police Department (HPD) arrested a woman Thursday evening in connection to the death of her 2-month-old son.
HPD says 24-year-old Whitney G. Russell, of Hope, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder around 5 p.m. Thursday. Officers responded to a call Wednesday morning around 9 of an infant who was not breathing.
The child was taken to Wadley Regional Medical Hospital, where he died a short time later, according to HPD.
Russell was taken to the Hempstead County Jail, where she currently remains.
HPD says 24-year-old Whitney G. Russell, of Hope, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder around 5 p.m. Thursday. Officers responded to a call Wednesday morning around 9 of an infant who was not breathing.
The child was taken to Wadley Regional Medical Hospital, where he died a short time later, according to HPD.
Russell was taken to the Hempstead County Jail, where she currently remains.