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Mother's charges upgraded to murder in son's drowning death
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Updated: Fri 12:04 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Lisa Stocker is accused of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her 2-year-old son. (WRDW-TV / March 21, 2012)
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Murder charges have been handed down for the woman whose 2-year-old drowned in March.
Lisa Stocker's son, Daniel, was found dead in a swimming pool on the 3000 block of Creighton Place.
Stocker was originally charged with involuntary manslaughter and deprivation of a child. She admitted to investigators that she was asleep when Daniel drowned.
Investigators say the 2-year-old was missing for almost two hours before Stocker called 911.
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