Dead Son Found Under Passed-Out Mom

(Indianapolis, Indiana) A 24-year-old local mother, Latasha McMorris, was arrested yesterday for allegedly causing the death of her two-year-old son, Sheldon Bartley Jr.

McMorris has been charged with felony child neglect.

Latasha McMorris' boyfriend found the two on the floor of an EconoLodge motel room on North Shadeland Avenue and, noticing that the boy wasn't breathing, called 911 at about 12:30 a.m., police said.

The boy, Sheldon Bartley Jr., was taken to Community East Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:10 a.m., police said.

McMorris reportedly admitted that she had been drinking and bottles of gin and vodka were found in the motel room. The case is being treated as a homicide.

Last year, McMorris was convicted of child neglect in another case after Bartley, then a 20-month-old, and his 6-year-old sister were found playing in the street.

McMorris received a suspended one-year prison sentence. Afterward, she was accused of violating terms of her probation by failing to provide urine samples, testing positive for alcohol, failing to maintain a job, failing to perform community service and being arrested on suspicion of public intoxication.

Other convictions include criminal trespass and failure to stop for an accident.

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