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A mother who first said her 2-month-old son was kidnapped and then led investigators to his body buried him alive, according to court documents released Friday.
Narjes Modarresi, 28, was charged with capital murder in the death of Masih Golabbakhsh.
Court documents said she "knowingly caused the death by placing the baby's face down in mud and water."
"The doctor performing the autopsy noted water and mud in the (baby's) lung, stomach and airway, concluding that (the baby) was alive prior to being placed face down in the muddy water and buried," a court official read in court.
The Medical Examiner's Office ruled the baby's cause of death as asphyxiation.
Modarresi did not appear in magistrate court Friday morning because authorities said she is at the Woman's County Jail undergoing a mental evaluation.
Houston police issued an Amber Alert for Masih on Wednesday after his mother reported that he was snatched from his stroller in the 8000 block of Woodway Drive, near Briar Bend Park, at about 5:30 p.m.
At about 2 a.m. Thursday, the mother led officers to Masih's body, which was found in a muddy stream near where she said he was abducted, police said.
A mother who first said her 2-month-old son was kidnapped and then led investigators to his body buried him alive, according to court documents released Friday.
Narjes Modarresi, 28, was charged with capital murder in the death of Masih Golabbakhsh.
Court documents said she "knowingly caused the death by placing the baby's face down in mud and water."
"The doctor performing the autopsy noted water and mud in the (baby's) lung, stomach and airway, concluding that (the baby) was alive prior to being placed face down in the muddy water and buried," a court official read in court.
The Medical Examiner's Office ruled the baby's cause of death as asphyxiation.
Modarresi did not appear in magistrate court Friday morning because authorities said she is at the Woman's County Jail undergoing a mental evaluation.
Houston police issued an Amber Alert for Masih on Wednesday after his mother reported that he was snatched from his stroller in the 8000 block of Woodway Drive, near Briar Bend Park, at about 5:30 p.m.
At about 2 a.m. Thursday, the mother led officers to Masih's body, which was found in a muddy stream near where she said he was abducted, police said.
