Grand Prairie woman arrested again for alleged attempted drowning of two children

Human rights advocates and lawmakers are hailing local law enforcement's decision to re-arrest a North Texas woman accused of trying to drown two children in a Euless swimming pool.

Elizabeth Wolf, 42, is accused of “making racially offensive statements” before grabbing a 6-year-old boy and trying to drown his 3-year-old sister in May in the swimming pool of the family’s apartment complex in the 2500 block of State Highway 360, police said last month.

Wolf, of Grand Prairie, was initially arrested for public intoxication. She was charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child and was released from the Tarrant County Jail on a $40,000 fine. Her bail on the attempted capital murder charge was increased to $1 million at a hearing Thursday, leading to her rearrest.

The Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said the American Muslim community was “temporarily relieved.”

“We thank local and federal law enforcement for the new arrest and the progress made in the investigation,” Shaimaa Zayan, the group’s Austin operations manager, said in a statement. “We also appreciate the potential social services that were discussed with the family last week as they navigate their lives after this traumatic event.”

The group had previously asked federal and local law enforcement to investigate the case as a hate crime. In its initial statement, it said Wolf approached the children’s mother, who is Palestinian and wore a hijab, to speak to her in Arabic before pulling the children into the pool. Wolf was identified in court documents as white and Asian or Pacific Islander.

“Our community continues to suffer from the trauma and harm caused by Ms. Wolf’s actions, and we hope the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office will prosecute this individual to the fullest extent possible,” said Salman Bhojani, Texas Representative for District 92.