A South Florida mother is facing charges after her 7-month-old drowned in a bathtub.
On Friday, May 20 at 2:20 p.m., police arrived to 22-year-old Alyssa Carolyn Jimmie’s Southwest Miami-Dade home to find the baby unconscious.
Jimmie told police that she had left the baby in the tub with his 3-year-old brother with the water running. She left them alone while she went to the residence’s garage to do her nails in an at-home manicure salon. Police said the home salon is approximately 62-feet away from where the bathtub is located in the master bathroom of the home.
Jimmie told investigators that she felt comfortable leaving the children because there was no “drain plug,” which would allow the water to flow down the drain.
She said she returned after about 5 to 10 minutes and found the bathtub drain had been stopped up with a small face towel and that the bathtub had filled with water. She found the baby unconscious, she told police, and the brother still playing in the bathtub.
She told police she began CPR and then had to go to a next-door neighbor’s house to call 911 as her cell phone wasn’t working.
The child was transported to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital.
The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner determined that the baby died from accidental drowning.
Jimmie is a member of the Miccosukee Tribe of Florida.
According to the arrest affidavit, the Chief of the Miccosukee Tribe of Florida contacted the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner’s Department and demanded that an autopsy not be performed on the baby. The Medical Examiner did, however, perform an autopsy on Tuesday, May 24.
Also, when police attempted to contact the woman for a follow-up interview, the father of the baby said that Jimmie was instructed by a member of the Tribe not to speak with law enforcement until an attorney had been retained by the tribe for her.
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is a federally recognized tribe and sovereign government.
Jimmie faced a Miami-Dade judge Thursday morning where she was charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child. Her bond was set at $10,000.
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On Friday, May 20 at 2:20 p.m., police arrived to 22-year-old Alyssa Carolyn Jimmie’s Southwest Miami-Dade home to find the baby unconscious.
Jimmie told police that she had left the baby in the tub with his 3-year-old brother with the water running. She left them alone while she went to the residence’s garage to do her nails in an at-home manicure salon. Police said the home salon is approximately 62-feet away from where the bathtub is located in the master bathroom of the home.
Jimmie told investigators that she felt comfortable leaving the children because there was no “drain plug,” which would allow the water to flow down the drain.
She said she returned after about 5 to 10 minutes and found the bathtub drain had been stopped up with a small face towel and that the bathtub had filled with water. She found the baby unconscious, she told police, and the brother still playing in the bathtub.
She told police she began CPR and then had to go to a next-door neighbor’s house to call 911 as her cell phone wasn’t working.
The child was transported to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital.
The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner determined that the baby died from accidental drowning.
Jimmie is a member of the Miccosukee Tribe of Florida.
According to the arrest affidavit, the Chief of the Miccosukee Tribe of Florida contacted the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner’s Department and demanded that an autopsy not be performed on the baby. The Medical Examiner did, however, perform an autopsy on Tuesday, May 24.
Also, when police attempted to contact the woman for a follow-up interview, the father of the baby said that Jimmie was instructed by a member of the Tribe not to speak with law enforcement until an attorney had been retained by the tribe for her.
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is a federally recognized tribe and sovereign government.
Jimmie faced a Miami-Dade judge Thursday morning where she was charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child. Her bond was set at $10,000.
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