Surah Amon, Chicago mom drowns her 1 year old son, Sir Watson at Lake Michigan cause she wanted to die.
A Chicago woman has been accused of drowning her 1 year old son in Lake Michigan on Friday night.
Come Monday morning, Surah Amon, 31, of south side Chicago, Burnside, was charged with first degree murder in the drowning death of her son.
Notice of the crime scene came circa 9.45 p.m, Friday night at the 7000 block of S. South Shore Drive following reports of the mother in the water with her baby boy.
Mom told police she wanted to die
Police later discovered that the mother allegedly drowned the boy. Chicago Fire’s Marine Unit recovered the boy, ABC7Chicago reported.
The infant was rushed to Comer Children’s Hospital where he died.
According to court documents, she told police she wanted to die. The mother was arrested some ten minutes after the boy was recovered from the water, FOX32 reported.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the child as 1-year-old Sir Watson.
The whereabouts of the boy’s father wasn’t immediately known.
Amon is due in court Monday.
But there was yet more to come, early Tuesday morning a woman claiming to be the aunt of Sarah Amon, posted on Facebook about her niece long history of mental health issues, including psychosis that led to her family struggling to maintain a semblance of normalcy, including with the baby’s father who at his wit’s end had asked the ‘psychotic’ mother to leave.
This in turn triggered Amon who made her way to Lake Michigan threatening to slit her wrists and ultimately drowning her young son, leading to the mother’s arrest.
Explained the aunt, Uqdah Netta, in part: ‘The reason I’m telling this story is because I’m truly distraught, I’m truly heartbroken and I feel that the system failed my niece. I’m also telling this story to give my friends a clear view of mental health, the complexity of it and how serious it is. I’m also speaking on behalf of my precious niece and great nephew, of course he’s no longer with us, yet my niece has been charged with 2 counts of murder.
‘Please know, when someone is having a mental health crisis, it can end up fatal!!!’
