Prosecutor: Mom injected feces into son's IV

A West Virginia woman was indicted Tuesday for allegedly putting fecal material into her 9-year-old child's IV at a Cincinnati hospital, officials said.

Candida Fluty's child was born with Hirschsprung, a congenital condition affecting bowels, according to a news release from the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office.

Her child previously received treatment in West Virginia and began receiving treatment at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center in 2011.

When her son was last admitted to the hospital in January, Fluty allegedly put fecal material in her child's IV, according to court documents.

This caused the child to get a fever, the release states.

"Although rare, we have seen similar cases with similar motivations," Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters said in the release. "I'm just grateful that it was caught before we were confronted with a murder case."

Fluty, 35, was indicted on two counts of felonious assault and two counts of child endangering. If convicted of all charges, she could face up to eight years in prison, according to the release.

Fluty's child is in the custody of West Virginia Children's Services and living with an aunt.