Pregnant Woman Who Drove Children Into The Ocean Charged With Attempted Murder
‘Our Mom Is Trying to Kill Us!’ Hero Recounts Ocean Rescue
UPDATE: (3/7/2014)– Ebony Wilkerson, 32, charged with three counts of first-degree attempted murder and three counts of aggravated child abuse
The pregnant South Carolina mother who drove a minivan containing her three children into the ocean in Florida has been arrested and charged with attempted murder, investigators said Friday. The woman, identified as 32-year-old Ebony Wilkerson, from Cross, South Carolina, was booked into Volusia County Jail after undergoing a mental evaluation in a hospital Thursday. Her children are currently in state custody. Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson announced this afternoon that Wilkerson is facing three counts of first-degree attempted murder and three counts of aggravated child abuse involving great injury. READ MORE HERE
ORIGINAL STORY:
“Help us — our mom is trying to kill us!” a young child screamed as a pregnant woman drove her minivan — with three young kids children inside — into the ocean in Florida, a trucker who waded into the frigid Atlantic waters to rescue them said Wednesday. Tim Tesseneer, a truck driver and former volunteer firefighter visiting from North Carolina, was one of the first men to reach the van Tuesday in the heavy surf. He and other passersby dived in to pull the children — two girls and a boy, ages 3, 9 and 10 — to safety through a window and a hatchback. READ MORE HERE
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