1-year-old drowned in bath unattended while mom was ‘making pancakes and sausage’ in kitchen: Police

A 28-year-old parent successful Wisconsin has been arrested successful transportation with the decease of her 13-month-old son, who drowned erstwhile she allegedly near him unattended successful a heavy bath. Selena Doxzon was taken into custody past week and charged with 1 number of neglecting a child-consequence is death, tribunal documents show.

According to a transcript of the transgression ailment obtained by Law&Crime, connected May 15, 2025, a pistillate told investigators she heard her neighbour — aboriginal identified arsenic Doxzon — “screaming from the little portion of the duplex.” When the caller went downstairs, she said she saw Doxzon holding her son. The caller said the boy’s “body was lifeless” and his “skin was bluish successful color.”

Doxzon was connected the telephone with 911 astatine the clip and “too upset to efficaciously communicate,” constabulary said. Paramedics arrived astatine the Milwaukee location successful the 5000 artifact of 53rd Street a abbreviated clip aboriginal and took implicit CPR duties from the parent earlier transporting him via ambulance to Children’s Wisconsin for treatment. Doctors attempted lifesaving procedures, but were yet unsuccessful. The lad was pronounced dormant astatine 9:45 a.m., constabulary said.

Doxzon told constabulary that aft her 1-year-old and 3-year-old sons woke up betwixt 5:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. that morning, she fed them earlier moving a bath. She said she placed her sons successful the tub with the h2o “level conscionable supra the tallness of [the victim’s] belly” erstwhile helium was successful a seated position.

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After washing the kids, Doxzon said she “decided to fto the boys play successful the bathtub,” leaving them successful the bath and going to the room to marque pancakes and sausage, which usually instrumentality astir 2 to 3 minutes. When the nutrient was done cooking, Doxzon said she began washing the dishes. She was successful the room “making pancakes and sausage” for astir 4 minutes erstwhile her 3-year-old lad walked into the kitchen, soaking wet.

“The Defendant went into the bath to get a towel. As the Defendant entered the bathroom, the Defendant observed [the victim’s] assemblage floating successful the h2o look up. [The victim] was unresponsive, with the h2o adjacent [the victim’s] face. The Defendant instantly pulled [the victim] retired of the h2o and started screaming for help. The Defendant patted [the victim’s] back, but helium remained unresponsive. [The victim’s] lips were bluish successful color. The Defendant placed [the victim] down connected the bath level and attempted CPR. As the Defendant gave [the victim] thorax compressions, h2o came retired of his mouth.”

An autopsy determined that the toddler’s decease was “asphyxiation arsenic a effect of drowning.”

Doxzon said she typically bathes her kids separately and lone precocious started bathing the younger kid successful the bathtub alternatively of the sink. The toddler was not capable to locomotion connected his own, but could basal up and “cruise” erstwhile holding connected to things astir the home, constabulary said.

In a post-Miranda interview, Doxzon allegedly admitted that she “should person had acold little h2o successful the bathtub” for her child’s safety. She besides confirmed that she was incapable to spot the bath from the room wherever she was preparing food.

A justice connected Tuesday acceptable Doxzon’s enslaved astatine $10,000. She is presently scheduled to look successful tribunal again for a preliminary proceeding connected May 30.