A 41-year-old mother whose 2-year-old son drowned during a bath at home in Placentia was scheduled to make her first appearance in court Tuesday on a charge of murder.
Melissa Lynn Beisel was charged with murder and a felony count of assault on a child with force likely to produce great bodily injury resulting in death. Beisel, who was booked in Orange County Jail on Saturday, was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana.
Officers were called to the home in the area of Main Street and Santa Fe Avenue at about 9 p.m. Sept. 22. Paramedics rushed Aidan Beisel to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Placentia Police Department…