Mom Ruins Christmas, Botches Suicide

"Port St Lucie, FL - A 31-year-old woman was arrested Thursday after allegedly killing her 8-year-old son in what police are saying was a botched murder-suicide plan early Christmas morning.

"According to a Port St. Lucie Police Department arrest affidavit, Eryn Allegra of the 2200 block of Southeast Bowie Street, gave her son eight Advil pills to put him to sleep Wednesday night and then, between 3 and 4 a.m. Thursday morning, smothered him with a pillow in a room of the Holiday Inn on U.S. 1 in Port St. Lucie.

"Allegra then reportedly slit her wrists in an attempt to commit suicide but was not successful. She called 911 and was taken to St. Lucie Medical Center, where she was treated for minor cuts to her wrists and arms."

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