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The woman who was rescued as a child from a well decades ago has grown up and was arrested on domestic charges in Texas, according<\/a> to police.<\/p>\n Jessica McClure Morales, who is now 40 years old and a mother of two, was arrested and charged with assault causing bodily injury involving family violence on Saturday.<\/p>\n After her arrest and release, she posted a cryptic message on social media. <\/p>\n Midland County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call at her home at about 10 p.m. and arrested her after an investigation. She was released after posting bond at the Midland County Detention Center.<\/p>\n No other details about the accusation were available.<\/p>\n McClure Morales gained worldwide fame when she accidentally fell into a narrow well in Oct. 1987 at her aunt’s home in Midland. She was only 18 months old at the time.<\/p>\n It took 60 hours for rescuers to figure out how to safely rescue her from 22 feet down the 8-inch-wide shaft. They were able to drill a horizontal tunnel through the rocks around the well.<\/p>\n McClure Morales and her family visited then-President George H.W. Bush at the White House to celebrate the rescue that captured the nation’s attention.<\/p>\n After her arrest and release, she posted<\/a> a cryptic message on social media. <\/p>\n “Note to self: Happiness is letting go of what you assume your life is supposed to be like right now, and sincerely appreciating it for everything that it is,” McClure Morales wrote. <\/p>\n RELATED: <\/strong>‘Horrific choice’: Utah Valley University nailed with backlash for choosing Charlie Kirk critic as commencement speaker<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n