Jannie M. Perry, 38, was remanded afterward to the Lake County jail, where she is being held in lieu of $5 million bail, charged with the first-degree murder in the death of her son Damari.
A Chicago woman was being held Wednesday on a $5 million bond on charges of killing her 6-year-old son earlier this month after he was allegedly "punished" with a freezing shower.
Bond was set at $5 million Wednesday for an Illinois woman whose 6-year-old son died after being placed in a cold shower as punishment for misbehavior, a prosecutor said.
Jannie Perry, 38, appeared in court Wednesday afternoon after spending time at a hospital, where she had been taken by police after complaining of an illness.