Mom Throws Kids Off Bridge, One Dead

(Portland, Oregon) A 31-year-old local woman, Amanda Jo Stott-Smith, was arrested yesterday for throwing two of her children into the Willamette River. Her seven-year-old daughter survived while her four-year-old son died.

Stott-Smith faces charges of murder and attempted murder.

Police said someone called 9-11 at around 1:20 a.m. Saturday after hearing children and a woman screaming from the river.

The children were found by a nearby resident who searched the waters in his boat when he heard the children screaming. The man pulled the children out of the water.

Rescuers, who were also searching the river, arrived shortly after and tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate the boy. He was identified as Eldon Jay Smith.

Pretty sick, eh?