1-year-old DeKalb County girl dies after bath, mother arrested
Ronica Jones (Credit: DeKalb County Sheriffs Office)
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A one-year-old girl has died after an apparent drowning incident in DeKalb County, authorities said.
DeKalb County police responded to a call around 7 p.m. on Nov. 7 at a home on the 1400 block of North Hairston Road, where they found the child unconscious and receiving medical aid. Emergency responders transported her to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries, but she was later pronounced dead.
Investigators determined that the child’s mother, identified as 27-year-old Ronica Jones, had left her briefly unsupervised in the bathtub. She was arrested on charges of second-degree cruelty to children and taken to the DeKalb County Jail, according to a spokesperson for the DeKalb County Police Department.
According to jail records, Jones was released on Nov. 9.
No other information was provided by the police.