Caught on Video: Did Evil Auntie Push Tot, 3, Into Lake Michigan to Die?
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 23 September 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
A 3-year-old Illinois boy is not expected to survive after being thrown off a Chicago pier into Lake Michigan.
Police say the boy's aunt “stole the keys” to the family’s truck before sneaking “out of the residence without anyone knowing that she had left.”
Security footage captured the incident as Victoria Moreno, 34, pushed the child into the water and made no attempts to rescue him. Fire officials said the child was taken to Lurie Children’s Hospital, in cardiac arrest. He’s been placed on a ventilator.
Police added that the child had lung bleeding, a swollen brain, and had to have a heart infusion.
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- Ashton King - Witness, Mother of Three, Called 911 & Threw in Life Preserver, Spoke to Victim's Aunt, Small Business Owner/Entrepreneur
- Irv Miller - Criminal Defense Attorney, The Miller Firm, Legal Analyst: CBS2 Chicago WBBM-TV
- Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst (Beverly Hills, CA), DrBethanyMarshall.com, New Netflix show: 'Bling Empire' (Beverly Hills)
- Dr. Free N. Hess - Pediatrician/Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Child Safety Expert & Consultant, Founder of PediMom.com
- Robert Farley - Former Detective, Cook County Sheriff's Police Department (Chicago, IL), Deputy United States Marshal, Commanding Officer, Child Exploitation Unit, Consultant in Crimes Against Children, Farley International, RFarley.com
- Tia Ewing - Reporter, FOX 32 Chicago, Facebook.com/TVNewsStar, Twitter: @TIA_EWING, Instagram: @TiaOnTV, tiaewing.com
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| 0:36.0 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace |
| 0:44.0 | It started out as a beautiful day, but it ended in tragedy for a three-year-old |
| 0:53.0 | little boy. |
| 0:56.0 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. |
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| 1:03.0 | First of all, take a listen to our friends at Fox 32. |
| 1:07.0 | A beautiful day on the lake took a terrifying turn around one this afternoon, |
| 1:12.0 | when a young boy ended up in the water, unable to stay afloat. |
| 1:16.0 | And we ask that you keep the family in your thoughts. |
| 1:19.0 | Chicago Fire and Police officials responded to the north side of Navy Pier, |
| 1:23.0 | with divers jumping in to rescue the three-year-old. |
| 1:27.0 | According to the Fire Department, the child had gone into cardiac arrest. |
| 1:31.0 | Child was rushed to LaRie Children's Hospital and is currently undergoing treatment. |
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