A Falls County woman is in custody, being charged with capital murder in the death of an infant.
Falls County Sheriff Ben Kirk reports the Sheriff’s Office got a 9-1-1 call at 6:21 p.m. Monday reporting an unresponsive five-month-old at a private residence.
Deputies were sent to the western Falls County community of Travis, where they found the infant’s father administering CPR.
The infant was taken to Falls Community Hospital in Marlin and pronounced dead there by Justice of the Peace Polk at 7:26 p.m.
Sheriff Kirk says the infant’s mother, 33-year-old Dingo Zeloff has been taken into custody to be formally charged with capital murder
Sheriff Kirk reports the Rosebud Police Department and state Game Wardens assisted.
An autopsy was ordered for the child.
(Information from MyCenTX.com)