(HOUSTON) — A woman who admits to killing her infant son is on trial in downtown Houston.
Narjes Modarresi is charged with capital murder. She is accused of burying her child face-down in a muddy puddle, and then reporting that the baby was kidnapped.
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Dirt was found in the infant’s lungs, according to the testimony of the medical examiner in day two of the trial Thursday.
The medical examiner said the 2-month-old drowned.
Defense attorney George Parnham claims his client is mentally ill and isn’t responsible for what she admits she did.
Prosecutors are seeking life without parole for the 32-year-old mother.
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