Mother left 8-month-old child unattended in bathtub while water was running before the baby drowned: Police

A parent successful Virginia has been arrested aft authorities accidental she near her 8-month-old kid unsocial successful a bathtub arsenic the h2o was moving earlier the babe drowned.

Rosellena Pisani, 30, has been charged with homicide, 2 counts of child abuse, and 3 counts of kid endangerment, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office announced. She was arrested connected Tuesday.

On Sept. 10, Loudoun County Fire and Rescue called the sheriff's bureau to assistance with what archetypal responders described arsenic an "unresponsive infant." According to the instrumentality enforcement agency, arriving investigators learned that "the kid had been near successful a bathtub with moving h2o without big supervision."

The babe drowned.

Officers determined that Pisani was the child's parent — and that it wasn't conscionable the 2 of them successful the home. At slightest 2 different children betwixt the ages of 8 months and 8 years were besides present.

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Authorities did not stock specifics arsenic to what they judge Pisani was doing arsenic her kid drowned. However, Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman said that "[p]arents and caregivers person a cardinal work to support the children successful their care."

"This is simply a heartbreaking lawsuit involving the decease of a helpless babe and circumstances that nary children should ever person to endure," helium added. "Our investigators person worked diligently to prosecute the facts of this case, and we stay committed to seeking justness for this kid portion ensuring the information and well-being of our community's astir susceptible members."

The sheriff's bureau said successful its Tuesday announcement that the probe was ongoing.