Ga. woman wanted for allegedly killing 1-year-old son is captured in N.Y.

ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. (TCN) — Law enforcement officials captured a woman about two weeks after she allegedly killed her 1-year-old son and fled to upstate New York.

On Jan. 8, Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office deputies received a call about a person not breathing, and when they arrived, they found the unresponsive child. Paramedics attempted lifesaving measures on the boy and transported him to a hospital, where he died. Officials did not announce his cause of death.

Investigators identified the suspect as the boy’s mother, Gloria Wright, and issued a warrant for her arrest. One week later, the sheriff’s office said Wright was no longer in the area and she was wanted on charges of first-degree murder and first-degree cruelty to children. They even offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to her arrest.

Wright was captured Jan. 18 in Rochester, New York, and brought into custody with assistance from the U.S. Marshals.

A Rockdale County investigator told WIS-TV they had additional motivation for locating Wright, sharing, “We have a small child that has lost its life in the hands of its mother and we would like to get this mother in custody because she is currently carrying another child right now, so we would like to get her in custody for her safety and for the safety of that child.”

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