Virginia mother indicted for murder in son's death after he allegedly consumed THC gummies

A Virginia woman this week was indicted by a grand jury on murder and felony child neglect charges after her four-year-old son died earlier this year from eating a large amount of THC gummies, authorities said. Dorothy Annette Clements, 30, was taken into custody Thursday, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office reported in a news release.

Clements' young son, Tanner, died on May 8, two days after he had been found unresponsive at his home, the sheriff's office reports. Doctors informed detectives that his toxicity level showed a high amount of THC, which led investigators to determine that the boy had "ingested a large amount of THC gummies," the sheriff's office said in its release. 

Detectives also learned from doctors that the boy could have been saved had his mother acted sooner, the sheriff's office said.