HOUSTON – Harris County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the drowning death of a toddler who was left unattended in a bathtub Wednesday evening.
The toddler was found floating in a tub at her home in the 14100 block of Oakwick at Valiant in northeast Harris County.
Homicide detectives said family members had just finished eating dinner and stepped outside the home around 9:30 p.m., but the father stayed inside to bathe his two little girls.
Investigators said the father left his two daughters, a 2-year-old and a 17-month-old, alone while he went to answer a phone call.
Investigators said the father then stepped outside and possibly went next door.
A relative, realizing the little girls were alone, went to check on them. That is when the youngest daughter was found floating in the overflowing tub, according to investigators.
She was airlifted to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The 2-year-old sister wasn't harmed.
The case is being referred to a grand jury.
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