The girl was unconscious when officers found her in a water-filled tub, officials said. Her mother was charged with assault.
The girl was unconscious when officers found her in a water-filled tub, officials said. Her mother was charged with assault.
The girl was unconscious when officers found her in a water-filled tub, officials said. Her mother was charged with assault.
A Brooklyn woman has been charged in the death of her 6-year-old daughter, who had been found unconscious on Friday in a bathtub filled with water, the police said.
The woman, Karla Espinal, 26, was charged with felony assault and reckless endangerment of a child on Saturday evening, the police said on Sunday.
The cause of the girl’s death was unclear. She had blood clots in her eyes when the officers found her in the family’s Brooklyn apartment, suggesting the possibility of a struggle, according to two law enforcement officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a continuing investigation.
Officials did not identify the girl, and the police said Friday night that the investigation into her death was continuing. The medical examiner’s office was conducting an autopsy, a spokeswoman said.
Officers answering a 911 call for help at a home on Elton Street in the Highland Park section found the girl at around 1:30 p.m., the police said. Her parents were home at the time, the police said.
Emergency services workers took the girl to Brookdale Hospital, where she was pronounced dead just before 3 p.m., the police said.