Exploring ‘Victoria Moreno Surveillance Video: Toddler Dies After He’s Allegedly Pushed Into Lake Michigan by His Aunt’ A 3-year-old boy whose aunt was caught on video pushing him off Chicago’s Navy Pier a week ago has died from his injuries.
Victoria Moreno, 34, was initially charged with attempted murder and battery after the incident last Monday afternoon and was denied bail. Those charges are likely to be upgraded after Josiah “JoJo” Brown’s death Sunday morning, WFLD reported.
Victoria Moreno Surveillance Video Of The Push
The toddler was rescued from the bottom of Lake Michigan by the Chicago Fire Department — Moreno made no effort to retrieve the boy — and rushed to Lurie Children’s Hospital. He was in critical condition all week, suffering from a swollen brain, bleeding in the lungs, and seizures, as CrimeOnline previously reported.
Victoria Moreno Surveillance Video: Toddler Dies After He’s Allegedly Pushed Into Lake Michigan by His Aunt
State’s Attorney Lorraine Scaduto stated in court during Moreno’s bond hearing last week that Moreno “stole the keys” from the family truck and left “the residence without anybody knowing that she had departed” since she was unable to drive due to medicine she was taking.
Scaduto remarked Little JoJo and Moreno initially set off for the aquarium, but she later changed her mind and decided to take him to the Navy Pier for fast food instead. The boy briefly wandered into the street and was on the verge of being struck by a vehicle. She then strolled up to the ocean while holding his hand.
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According to Scaduto, JoJo broke away and went to the edge of the pier, where he crawled beneath the chain at the pier’s edge.
The 3-year-old youngster was permitted to crawl back under the chain toward the edge of the platform after the defendant repeatedly checked her surroundings, waited for people to leave, and then looked about again while doing nothing, according to Scaduto.
The prosecutor claimed that Moreno then crossed the chain and pushed the young child into the sea.
The defendant did not shout, call, ask for, or attempt to assist during any of these incidents, according to Scaduto. “The defendant professed not to know anything about the child when the police arrived,” says the report.
The entire incident was purportedly caught on security footage.
Moreno told investigators JoJo fell into the water when she let go of his shirt because he was “acting up.”
She is currently scheduled to return to court on September 30.
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