Mother of toddler who drowned in Aguada faces charges for falling asleep
By The Star Staff
The mother of a one-year-and-5-months-old child who died by drowning in a pool in Aguada on Saturday faces charges of negligence and involuntary manslaughter.
According to the police report, the 32-year-old woman, a resident of the Columbus Landing residential complex in Mayagüez, was in the pool of an Airbnb in the Hacienda Casa Bambú, located on highway PR-414 in the Cruces de Aguada neighborhood, with her two three-year-old sons and the girl, who was one year and five months old.
The woman reportedly fell asleep, and when she woke up around 2 p.m. she saw the girl floating in the pool and alerted the 9-1-1 Emergency System. She took the minor in her car to the Costa Salud Hospital in Rincón, where the doctor on duty indicated that the child had no vital signs.
Prosecutors Lincay Murillo and Rufino Jiménez are working on the case in order to present evidence in the Aguadilla Court.