DAYTON, Texas — Investigators in Liberty County say a mother drugged her three children and led them into a pond in what authorities describe as an attempted murder-suicide.

Liberty County District Attorney Jennifer Bergman announced Monday that Jessica Quintana has been formally charged with multiple felonies. Bergman held a news conference to share updates and dispel misinformation in the high-profile case.

Quintana, 37, who was arrested on Friday, faces one count of attempted aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury to a family member with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony, and two counts of injury to a child causing serious bodily injury, both first-degree felonies.

The charges stem from an incident on Sept. 29, 2025, at the family's residence on FM 1008 in the

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