A Pasco mother charged with the murder of her 6-year-old son will remain in the Pasco County Jail without bond until her court date.

Justine Mroz had a pretrial detention hearing on Monday before Judge Mary Handsel.

The State Attorney's Office entered a Motion for Pretrial Detention in court on October 23. That document outlined the case the state is pursuing for second-degree murder against Mroz.

The backstory:

To say the case was shocking understates what Pasco County Sheriff's Deputies found when they arrived at 6070 Drexel Road on October 19.

The 911 call described an adult female who identified herself as Justine Mroz. She claimed to have choked her 6-year-old son to death.

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