SANTA CLARA (KRON) — A South Bay woman is facing murder charges after she confesses to drowning her 12-year-old son in the bathtub.
Tara McNeil Palajac was arraigned in the Jan. 8 death of her adopted son at their home in Santa Clara.
Police say Palajac initially told officers the child accidentally drowned. She told officers she was home alone with the boy when she found him in the bathtub floating face up in the water.
Three days later, police said she admitted that she held the child under water until he was was “lifeless.”