Northpinellas: Pinellas digest

CLEARWATER -- Preliminary autopsy results show that a 2-year-old boy who investigators believe was killed by his mother was drowned in the bathtub, police said Friday.

Police said they think Carol Landry Medeiros, 34, drowned her son, Nicholas Landry, in a bathtub, then dressed him in a one-piece jumper suit and placed him in his crib.

Medeiros then tied a rope to the top of a bedroom door and hanged herself, police said.

The pair were found Thursday morning by husband and father Joe Medeiros, 36, who had moved out of the family's apartment, 200 Starcrest Drive, on Monday because of marital problems. He went to check on his wife and son when phone calls there went unanswered. Investigators found the bathtub filled more than halfway with water after they were summoned to the apartment.

Their initial belief was that the child had been drowned, and preliminary autopsy results confirm that, police spokesman Wayne Shelor said. Shelor said toxicology tests, which would show if Carol Medeiros was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time, will not be completed for some time.

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