A Texas mother is currently under investigation for allegedly trying to drown her three children in a pond near the family home, possibly after she drugged them with NyQuil.
The Liberty County Sheriff's Office provided an on-camera update to a story that broke early on Monday in connection with a family of five that has not been named. According to Capt. David Meyers, who serves as the sheriff's office public information officer, deputies responded to a 911 call placed just before 6 a.m. when the father reportedly told dispatchers that "his wife poisoned his children with NyQuil and attempted to drown them in a lake."
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