3 Tots Die in Icy Waters After MOMMY FLIPS SUV, MOM HIGH

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 22 July 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

A Michigan mother with a history of driving violations is charged after her three children die when Letitica Marie Gonzales crashes her SUV into an icy pond. The Gonzales boys, all under age 5, drowned after being trapped upside down in their car seats, underwater. Gonzales was impaired at the time, under the influence of a synthetic opioid.

The 30-year-old was charged this week with three counts of driving while intoxicated resulting in death. Gonzales crossed into oncoming traffic, hit a curb, and rolled her Chevrolet Tahoe onto its roof in a Holland Township pond. Gonzales was able to get out of the SUV, but her three children drowned.

Gonzales has pleaded guilty at least four times over the past 12 years to driving without a license; she also has pleaded guilty to obtaining controlled substances by false representation, according to a local newspaper.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

Wendy Patrick - California prosecutor, author “Red Flags” www.wendy patrickphd.com 'Today with Dr. Wendy' on KCBQ in San Diego, Twitter: @WendyPatrickPHD
Dr. Angela Arnold - Psychiatrist, (Atlanta GA) www.angelaarnoldmd.com, Expert in the Treatment of Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Emory University, Former Medical Director of The Psychiatric Ob-Gyn Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital
Sheryl McCollum - Forensic Expert & Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.org, Twitter: @ColdCaseTips, former State Director of MADD
Dr. William Morrone - Chief Medical Examiner, Bay County Michigan, Author: "American Narcan: Naloxone & Heroin-Fentanyl Associated Mortality", RecoveryPathwaysLLC.com
Dave Mack, Crime Online Investigative Reporter

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0:43.7	Three little children, three children dead, ages four, three and one.
0:52.4	Why?
0:52.8	Why?
0:53.6	Because of mommy.
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1:02.7	First of all, take a look at our friends at Fox 17.
1:06.7	Deputy Say, a mother was driving down James Road here right after 11 o'clock this morning when she
1:11.9	lost control, veered across the lane, flipped and ended up in a retention pond.
1:16.1	I'm going to step out of the way actually so you can see where that SUV ended up in the water,
1:20.7	which is about three to four feet deep according to police.
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