Officials say the boy had to be retrieved from the bottom of the lake by CFD after a 6.5 foot drop off the pier.
On the day of the incident, the victim's mother left the boy at his grandmother's house where Moreno also lives. . The defendant is not allowed to drive due to the medications she's on. Prosecutors say Moreno waited until no one at the pier was looking and pushed the boy into the water, then watched him drown.
The child vomited twice and sank before witnesses could throw in a floatation device. The defendant did nothing to help, according to surveillance video and witnesses. Bail was denied for the woman who was charged with attempted murder after allegedly pushing her 3-year-old nephew into Lake Michigan off Navy Pier, leaving him in "very critical" condition.She also stated that she let go of the boy's shirt because he was "acting up" and then he fell in.
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