LAUREL, Miss. (AP) — An Ohio woman accused of killing her 11-year-old son and leaving his body at a Mississippi hotel has been arrested in New Orleans.
Laurel, Mississippi, Police Chief Tommy Cox tells The Associated Press that 33-year-old Latina Marie Oates of Powell, Ohio, was arrested about 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Cox says Oates is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Joshua Oates.
The boy's body was found Tuesday in a hotel in the south Mississippi town. Cox hasn't said how he died.
The chief says two younger children who were with Latina Oates have been found safe.
