Mother is arrested on suspicion of murdering her two-year-old son after telling 911 he drowned at their home despite toddler's body having numerous injuries

A mother-of-four has been arrested for the murder of her own two-year-old son after she told police the boy had drowned at their home, though the injuries found on his body tell a different story.

First responders were called to the San Bernardino County home of Crystal Greene, 30, at 4:16 p.m. on Friday after she called to report that her son had drowned. He was rushed to a local hospital in California, where doctors tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate him.


After failing to resuscitate the boy and declaring him dead, staff at Desert Valley Hospital noticed what they believed to be injuries sustained by the child. The hospital staff then called in the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department's Homicide and Crimes Against Children Investigators, who interviewed Greene and arrested her.

San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office said that the child had "not drowned" at their home on the 10300 block of Wintergreen Road in Pinon Hills but declined to release other details in the case.
Greene remains in custody on no bail and will go to court on Tuesday for a video arraignment. Her three other children have been taken into the custody of Children and Family Services.