Mom put 1-year-old in bathtub, turned on water, then went outside for 30 minutes to scroll TikTok: Police

A babe successful Wisconsin drowned aft being near successful a bathtub, and present the parent is charged with causing the child's death.

Rebecca Ambrose, 27, and Jason Christianson, 26, were some charged with 2 counts of kid neglect aft their 1-year-old baby died. The Rock County Sheriff's Office said successful a press release that the parents were arrested connected Sunday pursuing an probe into the baby's decease connected June 13, erstwhile constabulary responded to the couple's location successful Janesville, Wisconsin, and recovered the babe unresponsive. Police said the babe had "possibly drowned successful the bathtub."

Emergency aesculapian technicians performed lifesaving measures earlier transporting the babe to the hospital, wherever the babe was pronounced dead.

Local NBC affiliate WMTV was in the courtroom connected Monday for the couple's archetypal appearances since their arrests. During the hearing, prosecutors provided much details astir the events that they accidental led up to the baby's death. Prosecutors told the tribunal that Ambrose started filling the bathtub aft placing the babe successful it. As the tub filled with water, Ambrose allegedly near the babe alone.

According to prosecutors, Ambrose not lone near the bath — she near the house. While outside, Ambrose allegedly scrolled Snapchat and TikTok connected her telephone for 30 minutes. When she came backmost inside, she recovered the tub overflowing with water. The babe was allegedly floating successful the h2o and had stopped breathing.

WMTV reported that Christianson was dormant the full time. Prosecutors said Ambrose initially appeared cooperative with police, but changed her communicative respective times.

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Police said the information of the location was "horrific," and they observed piles of soiled diapers, feces connected the walls, rotten food, and insects successful the refrigerator.

In summation to 2 counts of kid neglect, Ambrose was charged with kid neglect causing death. She remains successful custody astatine Rock County Jail, wherever she is being held connected $10,000 bond. Christianson posted $1,000 currency enslaved and was released. Both parents are owed backmost successful tribunal connected July 17.