Woman accused of throwing kids in lake charged with murder

This undated offered by Caddo Correctional Heart in Shreveport, La., reveals Ureka Black. Black, accused of throwing two of her youngsters right into a lake was indicted on expenses of homicide and tried homicide on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022.

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SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana girl accused of throwing two of her youngsters right into a lake has been indicted on expenses of homicide and tried homicide.

Ureka Rochelle Black, 33, of Shreveport, was charged with second-degree homicide within the loss of life of 10-month-old Joshua Calif Black, the Caddo Parish District Lawyer’s Workplace mentioned in a information launch Wednesday. Conviction on that cost would deliver an computerized sentence of life in jail.

The grand jury that indicted Black on Tuesday additionally charged her with the tried second-degree homicide of the infant’s 5-year-old brother. Conviction on that cost could be punishable by 10 to 50 years with out parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

Police mentioned each boys had been thrown into Cross Lake on Sept. 24, 2021.

Black’s public defender didn't instantly reply to an electronic mail searching for remark Wednesday.

Black’s sisters, Felicia and Pycolyia Black, informed KSLA-TV in September that they'd been anxious about Black’s psychological well being for a while, however that she refused to get handled.