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Mom accused of being glued to phone while 3-year-old son drowned at waterpark is indicted
NY Post ^ | 01/24/2025 | Patrick Reilly

Posted on 01/24/2025 7:29:02 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

A mother who allegedly couldn’t be bothered to look up from her phone while her 3-year-old son drowned nearby at a Texas waterpark has been indicted nearly two years later.

Jessica Weaver, 35, is charged in connection with the death of her son, Anthony Malave, who drowned in May 2023 during a soft opening at the new Camp Cohen Water Park in El Paso.

One of 18 lifeguards working at the park pulled the unconscious boy out of a 4-foot-deep section of the pool. He was rushed to the hospital where he died, police said.

Weaver was glued to her phone while the boy splashed around in the pool without a life jacket, witnesses told police, according to documents obtained by People magazine.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Local News; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: accused; drowned; glued; indicted; mom; phone; son; texas; waterpark
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Wow, she is ugly inside and out. Do not look at the photo...

BTW, I see this kind of stuff at the grocery store. Moms on their phones and the kid runs away for her and she does not notice fast enough.

1 posted on 01/24/2025 7:29:02 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

18 lifeguards?


2 posted on 01/24/2025 7:32:11 AM PST by Blennos ( Byaasearepeat itnbelow.)
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To: Blennos

Yea, what good are 18 lifeguards?


3 posted on 01/24/2025 7:35:49 AM PST by caver ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There’s a gym in a shopping plaza near me. Folks who park in the lot always stop and look both ways before crossing the lane and going into a store.

Except for young folks heading towards the gym. They are usually on their phones. They never look. Even the few ones who are not on a phone never look.

It’s really odd. Young person + gym membership = invincible (?)


4 posted on 01/24/2025 7:37:30 AM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Quote from article:

“Conventioniently,” the lawsuit claims, footage of the drowning — which the city was responsible for keeping — was destroyed.

That’s a new word...conventioniently. I’m going to start using it!


5 posted on 01/24/2025 7:43:08 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Picture looks AI generated. They don’t look human.


6 posted on 01/24/2025 7:53:14 AM PST by PAR35
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To: ChicagoConservative27

These narcissists need a tune-up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HILeybPuAw


7 posted on 01/24/2025 8:03:51 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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Yea, what good are 18 lifeguards?

If only they had 19, the kid would be alive...

8 posted on 01/24/2025 8:05:11 AM PST by null and void (I hoped it was the Bee but it’s California.)
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To: null and void

I’m not forgiving the mother from her duties...


9 posted on 01/24/2025 8:11:28 AM PST by caver ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Unfortunately, while the mom might get some sort of punishment, She may well win her lawsuit or get a good settlement. The missing video will be damning against the city. The jury won’t like it and they will wonder where the life guards were and why was there no extra diligence on the part of the guards.

Two sides here and they were both in the wrong.


10 posted on 01/24/2025 8:11:40 AM PST by mdmathis6 (A horrible historic indictment: Biden Democrats plunging the world into war to hide their crimes!)
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Horrible! I was not raised as a swimmer, so I was extremely cautious when my boys were in the water. So he was totally on his own! So sad.


11 posted on 01/24/2025 8:16:48 AM PST by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: caver
Nor I, the 19th would be mom!
12 posted on 01/24/2025 8:17:41 AM PST by null and void (I hoped it was the Bee but it’s California.)
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Mom and child
13 posted on 01/24/2025 8:20:22 AM PST by deport
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To: ChicagoConservative27

SHE’S suing the park and city for not watching her child. Watch her defense be cell phone or social media addiction. (It IS a real diagnosis now.)


14 posted on 01/24/2025 8:24:59 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: null and void; caver

Yep. I don’t trust them either. I am always counting up to three to be sure I know where all the grandkids are.


15 posted on 01/24/2025 8:28:31 AM PST by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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“witnesses told police, according to documents obtained by People magazine.”

O.K., but what were the many lifegaurds doing???


16 posted on 01/24/2025 8:35:33 AM PST by Wuli
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The same thing happened at a sand pool on a military base nearby about 15 years ago.

The sand pool was shut down, filled in and turned into a softball field.


17 posted on 01/24/2025 8:39:58 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
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To: Retain Mike

No kidding. It’s kind of stressful watching while they swim. And we have a pool, so we really have to keep an eye on them.


18 posted on 01/24/2025 9:00:43 AM PST by caver ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Drowning is a very quiet thing. There is no screaming and very little if any splashing. There’s a YouTube channel that has camera coverage at pools showing rescues. Most people are drowning within arm’s reach of another person who is oblivious to the fact that they are drowning. Most of these people are parents who simply don’t recognize it.


19 posted on 01/24/2025 9:37:06 AM PST by rey
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To: PAR35

The boy was human enough, while he lived


20 posted on 01/24/2025 10:00:56 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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