Laura Nicholson Arrested on 2 Child-Injury Counts After 2 Texas Toddlers Drowned With Cocaine in Their Systems
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Updated · Fox News · May 13
Laura Nicholson Arrested on 2 Child-Injury Counts After 2 Texas Toddlers Drowned With Cocaine in Their Systems
14 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 13
Fort Myers deputies arrested 23-year-old Laura Nicholson on Monday, three months after her 2- and 3-year-old daughters were found drowned at a Katy, Texas, home on Feb. 11.
Texas authorities had charged Nicholson on May 8 with two counts of injury to a child after toxicology tests found cocaine in both toddlers' systems, though investigators have not said how the girls were exposed.
Lee County officers, working through a U.S. Marshals task force, found Nicholson at a local mental health treatment facility around noon and took her into custody without incident before booking her into jail.
Harris County investigators have not detailed the acts or omissions behind the charges, said whether anyone else could be charged, or given a timeline for Nicholson's extradition to Texas as the case remains under investigation.
How did cocaine get into the systems of two toddlers before they drowned in their family's backyard pool?
Could intervention from child services or mental health experts have prevented the deaths of two young sisters?