ELIJAH PARDELLA - 11 months - Brooklyn NY

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B'klyn baby drowns in tub


By LARRY CELONA and KEVIN SHEEHAN

Last Updated: 2:02 AM, April 2, 2012

Posted: 12:57 AM, April 2, 2012


An 11-month-old Brooklyn boy drowned in a bathtub yesterday after his mother left him alone, law-enforcement sources said.

Elijah Pardella and his 3-year-old sister were being given a bath inside their East New York apartment, the sources said.

When
the mom, Angelica Huertas, 24, left the bathroom, she left the drain
unplugged. But Elijah sat on the drain and blocked it, according to the
sources.

When she returned, the tub had filled with water and Elijah was not breathing, the sources said. His sister was fine.

Investigators questioned Huertas and are conferring with the DA’s office on possible charges.


Read more: http://www.nypost

No Charges Against Mom in Baby Boy's Bathtub Drowning: DA
The baby's death marks the second time in a week a Brooklyn child drowned in a bathtub

Tuesday, Apr 3, 2012 | Updated 5:19 PM EDT

Prosecutors are declining to pursue charges against the mother of an 11-month-old boy who apparently drowned in a Brooklyn bathtub.

Angelica Huertas, 24, had been arrested on charges of endangering the welfare of a child earlier Tuesday, but the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office said later that it was declining to prosecute.

Prosecutors determined the death was "tragic and accidental."

Huertas left the room when her 11-month-old son Elijah Pardella and 3-year-old daughter were in the bathtub Sunday afternoon. When Huertas returned, Pardella was under water and not breathing. His sister was fine.

According to The New York Post, the mother had unplugged the drain before she left the room, but the baby boy sat on it, preventing the water from escaping the tub.

The boy was pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital.

It was the second time in a week a Brooklyn child has died in a bathtub. On Thursday, a 5-year-old girl drowned in a bathtub in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Law enforcement sources described her death as a tragic accident.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Mother-Arrested-Baby-Drowning-Brooklyn-Death-145894325.html

If you are responsible for the death of a baby it appears many courts don't give a damn.

This is a miscarriage of justice. Getting used to that.

twinkletoes wrote:If you are responsible for the death of a baby it appears many courts don't give a damn.

This is a miscarriage of justice. Getting used to that.

---If only there were legislation against stupidity. Angelica, here's your sign!

This is sad. I won't walk more than 10 feet from my daughter when she's in the tub and she's almost 3. I certainly wouldn't do it with an 11 month old especially one who is bathing with a 3 year old. The 3 year old could inadvertantly injur the child, and not just by sitting on the drain. WTH people?

That indeed is a travisty. A 11 month old should NEVER be out of your sight for any time. Even one minute.

It is trajic but she should have known better.

William