Troy Police Department

TROY —A 20-year-old mother was charged with murder Friday in the death of her toddler son, police said.

Police began their investigation of the June 14 death of 21-month-old Jacquez Jackson after rescuers were called to the 504 Seventh Ave. home in Lansingburgh to investigate a report of a child in cardiac arrest. The boy was taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital, where he later died.