witnesses told police zymeir 's 19 - year - old mother online documents show perry 's charges have not yet changed , but martin said he will have more information monday . a 20 - month - old boy died saturday morning , six days after his mother allegedly threw him into the lehigh river from the hamilton street bridge in allentown . witnesses said perry managed to walk to shore before collapsing , while allentown police officer joseph ianetta pulled zymeir from the river about 700 yards downstream and performed mouth - to - mouth resuscitation . zymeir perry , 1 , of allentown , was pronounced dead at 11:51 a.m. saturday at the lehigh valley hospital , cedar crest . zymeir perry of allentown died at 11:51 a.m. at lehigh valley hospital - cedar crest , lehigh county coroner scott grim said in a news release saturday night . district attorney jim martin said saturday evening that perry has been released from lehigh valley hospital - cedar crest and moved to the lehigh county jail . neighbors said perry conscious on the river bank , according to reports . mother who threw baby in river charged with attempted murder johnesha monae perry , who posted this photo of herself with her son as her profile picture on facebook last october , is charged with attempted murder after police say she pushed her son from the railing of the hamilton street bridge on sunday .