The family of a woman charged with murder after her 6-week-old son
drowned in a pond at a Myrtle Beach outlet mall said she was overwhelmed
by the challenges of returning to work as a first-time mom and dealing
with an abusive boyfriend.
A North Carolina woman, 24 year old new mum, Jameisha Alexander was seen
holding her 6 week old son, King, near a pond Saturday night by someone
who immediately called security. But by the time officers arrived,
Alexander was gone and the baby was in the water, according to her
arrest warrant.
Paramedics tried CPR to revive the newborn baby but the boy died a short time later.
Alexander was taken into custody two hours later after she was found involved in a car wreck about 20 miles away.
She was arrested and
jailed on a murder charge pending a court hearing Tuesday.
Alexander’s family made excuses for her saying she was having a rough
time, dealing with an abusive boyfriend and while joyous, her son’s
birth made things tougher.
Her mum, Sandra Jones said:
“She loved that baby with everything she had in her. I think she felt like she just couldn’t do it herself,”
Jones said, Alexander had taken maternity leave from her job at
McDonald’s to recover from her cesarean section, and was nervous about
returning to work.
She
said her daughter was intensely private and proud, pushing away offers
to watch the baby or to get her other help. Jones said she only
discovered after her daughter’s arrest that Alexander was being seen for
depression before and after giving birth.
Alexander had hoped her boyfriend of a year-and-a-half would have been
more supportive after she got pregnant, but instead he moved her to a
filthy home 20 miles from her family and went back to doing drugs and
abusing her.
Alexander’s grandmother, Melba Jones, was in tears Tuesday, saying her
granddaughter just wanted to make everything work.
“All she had to do was talk to me. I always take in whoever needs help. I
guess she just felt like nobody cared — when you get to that point.”
Source: AP