Pennsylvania woman charged with homicide in death of toddler son thrown from bridge
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An eastern Pennsylvania woman has been charged with homicide after authorities allege she pushed her 1-year-old son off a bridge into a river.
Nineteen-year-old Johnesha Monae Perry was charged Monday. Her public defender declined to comment.
Zymeir Perry, of Allentown, died Saturday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities say his mother pushed him over the rail of an Allentown bridge into the Lehigh River on May 3 before jumping in herself. The boy was found about 700 yards downstream.
Court documents say Perry gave her son a kiss before pushing him. The child fell more than 50 feet. An autopsy found he died from blunt force trauma and drowning.