Woman and Infant Died After She Drove Her Car Into River. Now Police Say It Was a Murder-Suicide

Authorities in Texas say a woman who drove her SUV into a river earlier this year, killing herself and her infant daughter, did so intentionally.

On April 25, the woman was behind the wheel of a Kia SUV in Channelview, Texas, just east of Houston, with her three young children — ages 7, 5, and 1 — inside, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. The vehicle veered off the road and plunged into the San Jacinto River.

A Good Samaritan was able to rescue the two older children, Gonzalez said, but the woman and her infant daughter were pronounced dead at the scene…

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