Lawyers for Pamela Cabrera entered a guilty plea to the charges of aggravated manslaughter of her child and fleeing from police in 2022. The Cabrera family also filed a lawsuit alleging negligence of multiple agencies involved.

Attorneys who are representing defendants in five high-profile Northeast Florida cases that involve charges of either manslaughter or murder have brought into question their client’s mental competency, and some have requested evaluations.

A woman charged with vehicular homicide and aggravated manslaughter in the death of her 5-year-old daughter earlier this month waived her appearance in court Thursday, but her attorney entered a not guilty plea on her behalf.

The Fourth District State Attorney’s Office on Thursday filed formal charges against Pamela Cabrera, who Jacksonville police said crashed into a retention pond off Interstate 95 near the State Road 9B exit at the end of a police pursuit.

After three violent incidents in recent days, News4JAX spoke to mental health experts about what more can be done to help people get the mental health treatment they need.

A woman was arrested and booked into the Duval County jail on multiple charges after a chase Thursday that ended with a crash into a retention pond off Interstate 95 near the State Road 9B exit and the death of a 5-year-old girl who was identified by family as her daughter.