LA - Asha Randolph charged with attempted murder after throwing her 18-month-old son off bridge in Houma LA

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SEP 24, 2022

Mother charged with attempted murder after throwing child off bridge, police say

A woman in Louisiana is accused of throwing her child off a bridge Friday evening.

www.kwqc.com

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WVUE reports the Houma Police Department received a call around 5 p.m. regarding a mother throwing her 18-month-old child off the Liberty Street Bridge before jumping into the water herself.

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Authorities identified the mother as Asha Randolph. Houma police said the incident remains under investigation, but Randolph has been arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder.

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Houma Police arrest mother, accused of throwing toddler from bridge

The Houma Police Department charged a mother with attempted first-degree murder after the incident.

www.wwltv.com

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The bridge is only a few feet off the water, Lt. Theriot said, and the boy was not seriously injured. Randolph then went into the water to retrieve the toddler.

He was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover.

Randolph has two other children, who police plan to interview in the coming days. The siblings are in custody of the state at this time and are uninjured.

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SEP 26, 2022

Mother who threw her baby into Bayou Terrebonne pulled child from water

Woman accused of throwing her 18-month-old boy from Liberty Bridge Friday then rescued her child, said Houma Police Department.

www.houmatoday.com

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Moments after she threw the child into the water, Randolph entered the water and pulled the baby out, said Houma Police Department Chief of Detectives Travis Theriot.

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Police said Randolph 8-year-old and 6-year-old children were in her vehicle during the event.

Randolph has also been charged with child Desertion and obstruction of justice

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SEP 27, 2022

Asha Randolph, 30, is also accused of leaving her other two young children unattended inside a vehicle.

Police: Mother threw toddler off Louisiana bridge then pulled him from water​

FOX 8 reported that investigators do not believe Randolph was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time.