Killed his 6-year-old son with an overdose in order to purchase his life insurance | the Chronicle

Ashley Marks, a 25 year old girl from Texas, USA, murdered her 6 year old son by overdose for the purpose of collecting life insurance. According to documents from the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, the mother administered a cocktail of drugs and medication to the child to kill him.

Is accused of repeatedly drugging his son Jason Sanchez-Marks to death June 27, 2020. During the autopsy of the child, discovered high levels of methamphetamine, cocaine and antihistamines in his body.

For his part, the boy’s grandfather told police that the drugs Marks gave him Jason was hallucinating. As he related, these have reached such a point that, on occasion, his grandson “I thought there were bugs on his clothes. ”

However, it was learned that the mother had purchased two insurance policies of $ 50,000 for the life of her son, before his death, and that she was the sole beneficiary. In turn, Marks is an insurance agent specializing in life insurance, which gave authorities the indication that the death was not accidental.

The accused is being held without being able to be released on bail and awaits a trial to be held on April 5. According to the Texas State Penal Code, the accused convicted they can be sentenced to death.