Re: Mom watched 'Idol' while toddler nearly drowned, police say


"Marianna" <nomiddleinitial99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Mar 5, 1:35 am, "tiny dancer" <tinydancer...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Mom watched 'Idol' while toddler nearly drowned, police say

By Vic Ryckaert
vic.rycka...@xxxxxxxxxxxx
March 4, 2008

Indianapolis police say a mother of five was watching "American Idol"
while
her 3-year-old girl nearly drowned in a bathtub last week.
Sheila R. Brooks, 25, has not been charged in connection with the near
drowning of Sirius Brooks on Thursday at a home in the 9300 block of East
42nd Street.

Sirius was in critical condition Friday at Methodist Hospital. She
remained
at Methodist on Monday, but hospital spokesman Gene Ford said he is not
releasing any information at the family's request.

Brooks left Sirius and her 1-year-old sister, Sereena, in the tub with
about
9 inches of water and went into another room to get clothes, according to
a
police report made public Monday.

Brooks was in her bedroom when her oldest daughters, Daesheana Twyman, 7,
and Dasianaye Twyman, 5, entered the room, police said.

"Daesheana stated that they were . watching 'American Idol' on TV . and
her
mother suddenly stated that she forgot and left the two youngest children
in
the tub," Officer Gustavia Dodson wrote in the Indianapolis Metropolitan
Police Department report.

Brooks told Daesheana to take the children out of the tub, police said.
Daesheana found Sirius submerged and called for her mother.

Brooks performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation while her brother, Darnell
Wilson, 38, called 911, police said.
Police found about an ounce of marijuana, five burnt marijuana cigarettes
and a scale in the house, according to the report.

Daesheana, Dasianaye, Sereena and a 4-year-old girl not named in the
report
were placed in protective custody, police said.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080304/LOCAL/303...

Wait a minute. A *3* year old drowned while left unattended? How does
a child of that age drown in a standard bathtub?

Marianna


I don't know, the child was supposedly in the tub with a one year old
sibling. One would think it would be the one yr. old who would have drown.
I did hear a member of the local LE state it was thought this child had a
prior seizure disorder. Not too sure on that though, he said it as if it
hadn't been verified yet.


td


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