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Jury selection is underway in the death penalty trial of Erica Dotson, a West Melbourne mother accused of murdering her 3-year-old son.

Dotson and her boyfriend, Joshua Manns, claim the child drowned, but an autopsy revealed extensive injuries indicating weeks of abuse.

The Florida Department of Children and Families had prior reports of the boy's injuries, including an alleged attack by a duck.

Jury selection is underway in charged with causing significant, fatal injuries to her 3-year-old son while claiming he drowned in a bathtub.

Erica Dotson is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter of a child and aggravated child abuse. Her boyfriend at the time, Joshua Manns, was also arrested on the same charges in connection with the death of Dotson’s so

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