ShyGuyInChicago
January 18th, 2011, 03:50 PM
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-facebook-drowning-boy,0,2151588.story
FORT LUPTON, Colo. -- The mother of a 13-month-old boy who drowned in a bathtub told police she was on Facebook in another room when her son died.
Shannon Johnson of Fort Lupton is due in court today on charges of child abuse resulting in death.
According to an arrest affidavit, Johnson's son died on Sept. 20 after she left him alone in the bathroom for a few minutes.
She told police she was playing a game called 'Café World' while her son was in the tub.
According to the affidavit, when police got to her home, Facebook was still up on her laptop.
Johnson told officers Joseph was playing in the tub for 10 minutes and she had checked on him once.
When three minutes passed without the sound of him playing, she went to check on him and found him on his side with his face in the water.
He was flown to The Children's Hospital in Aurora where he died.
Court documents indicate Joseph had been treated for a seizure about a month before his death.
She is being held at the Weld County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
FORT LUPTON, Colo. -- The mother of a 13-month-old boy who drowned in a bathtub told police she was on Facebook in another room when her son died.
Shannon Johnson of Fort Lupton is due in court today on charges of child abuse resulting in death.
According to an arrest affidavit, Johnson's son died on Sept. 20 after she left him alone in the bathroom for a few minutes.
She told police she was playing a game called 'Café World' while her son was in the tub.
According to the affidavit, when police got to her home, Facebook was still up on her laptop.
Johnson told officers Joseph was playing in the tub for 10 minutes and she had checked on him once.
When three minutes passed without the sound of him playing, she went to check on him and found him on his side with his face in the water.
He was flown to The Children's Hospital in Aurora where he died.
Court documents indicate Joseph had been treated for a seizure about a month before his death.
She is being held at the Weld County Jail on a $100,000 bond.