Ida County, Iowa – Officials with the Iowa Department Public Safety reported late Friday night (12/1/23), said a woman from northwest Iowa was arrested on a Felony charge Thursday, following an investigation into the death of her three-year-old child.

According to the report, on May 4, 2023, at approximately 7:55-p.m., EMT’s from the Battle Creek (Iowa) Community Ambulance Service responded to a residence in Battle Creek, following a call about an unresponsive child.  Authorities say Jordan Reed was found to be not breathing. He was transported to Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove and then to Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was pronounced dead the next day (May 5, 2023).

Billie Mosier

As a result of an investigation conducted by the Ida County Sheriff’s Office, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), and Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner, Jordan’s mother, 33-year-old Billie Mosier, of Ida Grove, was charged with one count of child endangerment resulting in death, a Class-B felony.

Mosier turned herself in to the Ida County Sheriff’s Office Thursday, and was released after posting bond.

Note: “A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.”