Maria Rodriguez-Barnes, 30, has been charged with first degree premeditated murder
in the March 25 death of her 5-month-old son Jaxxon Rodriguez-Barnes, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Facebook.You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications.
Jaxxon was discovered dead inside the back of his mother’s pickup truck by deputies when a crew of workers called authorities. The workers had seen Barnes outside her Nissan pickup truck shortly after she shot herself in the torso.for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.
During a search of Rodriguez-Barnes’s truck, which was in the parking lot of a local tourist attraction, deputies found Jaxxon, shot once in the chest, seated in the left rear floorboard of the truck, slumped over a pillow. Rodriguez-Barnes survived her attempted suicide. Deputies recovered a 9 mm handgun, shell casings, and handwritten notes inside her car.
Before the incident, Rodriguez-Barnes had texted and emailed family members with her plans. Attorney and plea information was not available Wednesday. Rodriguez-Barnes is being held without bond in Okaloosa County Jail.
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