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New Details In Marion County Child Death

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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by John Pless  A chilling story is unfolding in Marion County about a mother who police said was so out of touch with reality she had no idea her son was dying.By all accounts nine-year-old Zachary Taylor Henry was a healthy, normal boy playing football just hours before he died last week."It's upset everybody, everybody here's got kids," Marion County Sheriff Bo Burnett said. "We're not cold-hearted like everybody thinks, we all have feelings too and when you see something like that it upsets everybody."Last Saturday night Zachary was in the back of this Jeep Wrangler. His mother, Lindsey Newsom, was up front in the passenger seat. Nicholas Mosier drove it into the Sequatchie River where it got stuck.A passerby called 911 and when deputies and a rescue team arrived they found the engine still running.Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Terry Gann said in his report Mosier appeared intoxicated, "acting like he was driving the vehicle." Trooper Gann said the "driver was changing gears from forward to reverse and was observed adjusting the radio... he never acknowledged rescue personnel."Rescuers first removed Zachary's mother."My officers told me the mother was semiconscious and couldn't give them any information," Sheriff Burnett said. Trooper Gann said Mosier didn't say anything other than he wanted a cigarette. After some time passed Mosier finally asked about Newsom and her son."It took them about an hour to get him out of the water to the bank and that's when they received information that the child was in the back seat," Sheriff Burnnett said.But by the time Mosier mentioned something about Zachary in the back seat it was too late. The investigation is focused on how Zachary died. Was it from carbon monoxide poising from the exhaust? Did he get some of the hydrocodone or other pills found mixed up in bottles in the Jeep? Was there a medical problem?"Basically we're waiting on their report before we proceed any further," Sheriff Burnett said.The final results of the autopsy could result in more charges. Mosier and Newsom are charged with felony child neglect and abuse, and reckless endangerment. Mosier is also charged with his third D.U.I. and driving on a revoked license. Marion County Sessions Court records show he has a long history of criminal charges related to driving, drugs, alcohol and weapon possession.A court hearing for Newsom is scheduled for next Wednesday.

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