HICKMAN – An Oakdale mother charged with driving under the influence after driving her car into a canal, killing her 4-year-old daughter, has now been charged with murder, prosecutors said on Friday.

Juliette Acosta, 26, was arrested in San Francisco Friday morning at a downtown hotel after she tried to flee, the Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office said. 

The crash happened on March 8 after authorities said Acosta was driving a Subaru SUV before it went into a canal along Canal Bank Road east of Hickman. 

Her 4-year-old daughter, later identified as Reagan Herrin of Hughson, was trapped inside her car seat while she escaped uninjured, authorities said. 

Prosecutors said court documents allege that Acosta failed to help her child and was found taking a bath while her daughter remained in danger at the crash scene.

The criminal complaint alleges that Acosta was driving with a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit when the crash happened. 

The district attorney's office said that Acosta's father, Clifford Acosta Jr., was detained on suspicion of aiding his daughter.

Acosta was out on bail for her DUI charge but the California Highway Patrol tried to serve a no-bail warrant on the new murder charge, eventually arresting her early Friday morning.   

She's now being held in jail without bail but has a right to a bail hearing during the legal proceedings. However, bail determinations will be made by the court based on several factors, including public safety and flight risk. 

Acosta now faces murder, vehicular manslaughter, DUI causing injury, permitting a child to suffer under circumstances likely to cause great bodily harm or death, and delaying or obstructing a public officer.

If convicted of all charges, she faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.