Florida mom charged after 5-year-old son’s body is found in trash bag by highway

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (TCN) — A woman is in custody in connection with the death of her 5-year-old son, whose body was found in a trash bag in the water along a highway.

WEAR reports Jalynda Smith, 36, was arrested Feb. 6 and charged with aggravated negligent manslaughter. She appeared in court on Feb. 10 and is being held without bond.

According to an arrest report obtained by the outlet, a woman reported to the authorities that Smith and her son, Jakaiden Smith, were missing on Feb. 5 and she had not heard from them since Feb. 1…

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