No probable cause in case of mom who put COVID-positive son in trunk: Judge

A Texas decide on Thursday dominated that there was no possible trigger to cost a instructor accused of stuffing her son contained in the trunk of her automotive as a result of she didn’t wish to be uncovered to COVID-19.

Sarah Beam, 41, was purportedly caught within the awkward state of affairs at a Houston COVID-19 testing website on Jan. 3 after witnesses reported listening to noises coming from the again of her automobile.

A well being companies director on the website later found the teenager within the trunk and referred to as police. Beam was charged with endangering a baby.

Regardless of Thursday’s ruling, Beam isn’t essentially out of the woods but as prosecutors advised KHOU in a press release that they might think about taking the case to a grand jury.

“We respect the decide’s ruling and we are going to proceed with our work,” Harris County District Lawyer spokesperson Dan Schiller advised the outlet.

Sarah Beam, 41, was charged with youngster endangerment after her son was discovered contained in the trunk of her automotive at a COVID-19 testing website in Houston.

Harris County Sheriff's Workplace

Beam has labored as a instructor within the Cypress-Fairbanks Impartial Faculty District since 2011.

She was positioned on administrative depart following the extremely publicized incident.