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FILE - This June 29, 2019, file photo shows an area where Tulare County detectives investigated a homicide that happened in Porterville, Calif. Authorities say a Jacob Telnas, 7, has lost a fight for his life Sunday, July 7, 2019, after his mother Sherri Telnas tried to drown him, after she drowned his 12-year-old brother in California. The 45-year-old mother pleaded not guilty last week to a murder charge in the drowning of her son Jackson Telnas and the attempted drowning of her younger son. Telnas was convicted a decade ago in Montana for trying to drown the 12-year-old when he was an infant. (Sheyanne Romero/The Times-Delta via AP, File)

Authorities: Boy dies after mother drowned his brother

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

This 2008 photo provided by the Mineral County, Montana, Sheriff's Office shows Sherri Telnas. Telnas, who was prosecuted in Montana for attempting to drown her 10-month-old son in 2008, has been charged in California with killing the now 12-year-old boy and seriously injuring his 7-year-old brother, authorities said Monday, July 1, 2019. Telnas was arrested over the weekend in a rural home near Porterville, about 270 miles (435 kilometers) south of San Francisco, after authorities found the boys in an irrigation ditch. (Mineral County Sheriff's Office via AP)

California mom accused of drowning son pleads not guilty

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FILE - This June 29, 2019, police booking file photo provided by the Tulare County Sheriff's Department shows Sherri Renee Telnas. On Tuesday, July 2, 2019, Telnas, a woman accused of drowning her 12-year-old son in a California irrigation ditch 11 years after she tried to drown him in a Montana river, has been charged with murder. (Tulare County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

California mom charged in son’s death left parole in 2014

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The Latest: Mom charged in son’s death left parole in 2014

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This photo taken Saturday, June 29, 2019, shows an area where Tulare County detectives are investigating a homicide that happened in Porterville, Calif. A woman who was prosecuted in Montana for attempting to drown her 10-month-old son in 2008 has been arrested in California for killing her 12-year-old son and seriously injuring her 7-year-old son. The Tulare County Sheriff's office says someone called 911 Saturday to report that 45-year-old Sherri Telnas was acting strangely and had taken her sons to a corn field across the street from their rural home in Porterville. Deputies found them unresponsive in an irrigation ditch. They were rushed to a hospital where the older boy died from his injuries. The younger one was listed in critical condition. (Sheyanne Romero/Visalia Times-Delta via AP)

The Latest: Boy drowns after mom tried to drown him in 2008

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