The Liberty County mother accused in a September 2025 attempted drowning incident involving her three children has now been indicted on multiple felony charges.
Jessica Quintana, who lived in an unincorporated area of Liberty County near Kenefick and Simmons Bottom at the time of the alleged drowning incident, was indicted last week by a Liberty County grand jury on three counts related to the Sept. 29 incident at her home. The case is being handled in the 75th State District Court.
According to the indictment, Quintana is charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury to a family member with a deadly weapon. The indictment alleges Quintana provided alcohol to one of her children with the intent to drown the child.
“The defendant did use or exhibit a deadly weapon, namely water, which amounted to more than mere preparation that tended but failed to effect the commission of the offense intended,” the indictment states.
Quintana was also indicted on a charge of injury to a child. In that case, she is accused of providing alcohol, doxylamine succinate (an over-the-counter medication that induces drowsiness) and acetaminophen to another of her children.
A third indictment charges Quintana with attempted aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. In that indictment, she is again accused of providing alcohol to a child with the intention of drowning the child.
The indictments stem from a Sept. 29 incident at the family’s home in the 9100 block of FM 1008. Deputies with the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched after receiving reports that children were in distress in a nearby pond.
According to investigators, all three children had been pulled from the water by their father before deputies arrived. Deputies later located Quintana in the pond and pulled her from the water. Emergency responders began life-saving measures on an 11-year-old girl, who briefly regained consciousness at the scene.
Two of the children, a 15-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy, were taken to a hospital and later reported to be in good condition. Quintana and the 11-year-old girl were flown by air ambulance to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, where both were initially listed in critical condition. All three children have since been released from hospitals.
Quintana was taken into custody Oct. 24 after being discharged from a Houston hospital and booked into the Liberty County Jail.
Her husband, Domingo Quintana, was not charged in connection with the alleged attempted drowning. He does face a separate animal cruelty charge, which is a misdemeanor being handled through Liberty County Court at Law.