A Florida woman who allegedly killed her toddler son through a lengthy combination of neglect and abuse – and is said to have once blamed a duck for some of his injuries – will go on trial this week.

Erica Beth Dotson, 31, stands accused of one count each of premeditated murder in the first degree, aggravated manslaughter of a child, aggravated child abuse, and child neglect with great bodily harm, according to Brevard County Sheriff's Office records.

On July 11, 2021, police responded to a 911 call about a "child not breathing" at an apartment on Lago Circle in West Melbourne, a small city located roughly 70 miles southeast of Orlando.

There, officers were greeted at the stairs by Dotson. She was holding the lifeless body of 3-year-old Jameson Nance in her arms. An autopsy would show t

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