DOUGLAS COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating Friday’s fatal water rescue incident on the Kansas River in Lawrence and have made an arrest.

On Saturday, officers arrested 26-year-old Scharron Renea Dingledine of Columbia, Missouri on one count of First Degree Murder and one count of Attempted First Degree Murder, according to Captain Trent McKinley.

The charges stem from the death of Dingledine’s five year old daughter and critical injuries to her one year old son, who remains hospitalized.

Ms. Dingledine is currently being held at the Douglas County Jail without bond.

Anyone with information on this crime is asked to contact the Lawrence Police Department by calling 785-832-7509.

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DOUGLAS COUNTY —On Saturday morning, members of the Douglas County Search and Recovery Dive Team recovered the body of a five year old child that was believed to be the third passenger in the vehicle that entered the river Friday, according to Officer Drew Fennely.

No one else is believed to have been in the vehicle, and the recovery operation in the river was completed.

On Saturday morning, authorities were unable to provide an update on the condition of the one-year-old or the adult female pulled from the river Friday. The investigation into this incident is ongoing, according to Fennely.