The Camp Cohen Waterpark in Northeast El Paso is going through a "soft opening" as the staff prepares for the summer months. The fun sounds of children playing at Camp Cohen Water Park is interrupted by life guards blowing whistles and telling everyone to get out of the pool.  An unconscious boy, not wearing a life jacket,  is pulled out of a 4-foot-deep section of the water.  Multiple signs at Camp Cohen state that children 6 and younger “must be directly attended by a swimming adult” at all times and “must be supervised by an adult within arm’s reach.”  Parents gather around as guards begin life saving measures, but the victim’s parents are not readily identified. 

35-year-old single mother Jessica Weaver is lounging in Camp Cohen Water Park while her 3-year-old son, Anthony plays amongst other children,  interrupted by the sound of life guards blowing whistles,  telling everyone to get out of the pool.  After about 5 minutes, Jessica Weaver notices the commotion and heads toward the pool looking for Anthony. Getting closer to Jessica realizes they are working on Anthony, and she jumps in the pool to her child.

Investigators looking into the Mother's Day weekend drowning death of 3-year-old Anthony Malave are stunned to find out the mother of the toddler is filing a lawsuit against Destination El Paso, the company that runs the City’s water parks and against the City of El Paso, alleging gross negligence and wrongful death. The lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Jessica Weaver by a Houston law firm and claims that during the park’s “soft opening,” the City and Destination El Paso “were too concerned with packing the water park with people and ensuring that the live band was playing.”  

Two months after Jessica Weaver filed her wrongful death lawsuit, and almost 4 months after Anthony’s death, 35-year-old Jessica Weaver is under arrest.   Weaver is arrested in her home state of Indiana on a fugitive from justice warrant out of El Paso, Texas. Waiving extradition, she is transported to El Paso, where she is let out of jail with a $100,000 bond. Weaver's attorneys with the wrongful death lawsuit against the city of El Paso claim the arrest of Weaver is "retaliatory tactics" for her lawsuit 

Joining Nancy Grace today:

• Eric Faddis - Trial Lawyer and TV Legal Analyst, Founding Partner of Varner Faddis Elite Legal, former felony prosecutor and current criminal defense and civil litigation attorney 
• Caryn Stark - Psychologist, renowned TV and Radio trauma expert and consultant, www.carynstark.com, Instagram: carynpsych, FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice 
• Dr. Tom Griffiths  -Drowning Expert - President and Founder, Aquatic Safety Research Group, co-host of the podcast “The Drowning Files”; Creator of Dr. Tom’s Lifeguard Vision app; Author of “Dr. Tom’s Lifeguard Chronicles”; “Safer Beaches” ; “Beter Beaches” and “The Complete Swimming Pool Reference”; website: www.aquaticsafetygroup.com and https://drtomslifeguardvision.com/; X: @AquaticSafetyGr; Facebook: AquaticSafetyResearchGroup
• Dr. Thomas Coyne - Chief Medical Examiner, District 2 Medical Examiner's Office, State of Florida; Forensic Pathologist, Neuropathologist, Toxicologist; X: @DrTMCoyne
• Elaine Aradillas  - Investigative Reporter;  X: @theelaineja, Instagram: @the_elaine

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