Woman arrested after found lying on son

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - Lafayette police arrest a women after finding her lying on top of her unconscious toddler. Police were called to Union Street and Earl Avenue Saturday morning around 7 a.m. The officers found 23-year-old Senora Wheeler lying under a tree and three children near her. Wheeler's three-year-old son was found underneath her.

Her son was unresponsive and had no pulse. Detective Scott McCoy said the boy was believed to have been in cardiac arrest for a significant amount of time. He was taken to Home Hospital and then airlifted to Saint Vincent's Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. Wheeler was arrested for neglect of a dependent, battery and resisting law enforcement.