06-11-2012, 04:23 PM
well here comes summer...how many kids every year?? i saw it so often in florida it was routine. between this shit and leaving babies in hot cars, i really should do a separate thread. sadly.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Two 5-year-old girls drowned Sunday afternoon in a backyard swimming pool in Paulding County, police said.
The drownings happened between 2 and 2:45 p.m. at a home on Mirage Lane in the Vista Lake subdivision, according to Dallas police Sgt. Bill Gorman.
Family members gathered at the home Monday afternoon, but declined to speak to a reporter, asking for privacy.
Gorman told the AJC that one of the girls lived at the residence, and the other was the granddaughter of the family’s live-in housekeeper.
That housekeeper was supposed to be watching the girls Sunday afternoon while the rest of the family went grocery shopping, but was distracted by a phone call, according to Gorman.
While the housekeeper was on the 45-minute call, the girls went into the back yard.
“When the family returned home, they were looking for their daughter, and her 10-year-old brother found both little girls at the bottom of the swimming pool,” Gorman said.
“The little girl who lived at the residence was a swimmer -- she could swim back and forth the length of the pool -- and the other little girl was a non-swimmer, couldn’t swim at all,” Gorman said.
“We can only speculate as to how the two of them ended up in the pool,” he said. “No one saw anything, no one witnessed anything.”
He said the girls were fully clothed.
“They were not dressed for swimming, and it was raining, so they were not supposed to be swimming,” Gorman said.
Gorman identified the girls as Sophia Juarez, who lived at the home, and Mia Penoyer of Gwinnett County, the granddaughter of the housekeeper.
He said the 58-year-old housekeeper, whose name has not been released, will be charged with reckless conduct. She was hospitalized after the incident, Gorman told Channel 2 Action News.
“It’s a tragedy, so, so sad,” Gorman said. “The little girls were so very beautiful.”
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Two 5-year-old girls drowned Sunday afternoon in a backyard swimming pool in Paulding County, police said.
The drownings happened between 2 and 2:45 p.m. at a home on Mirage Lane in the Vista Lake subdivision, according to Dallas police Sgt. Bill Gorman.
Family members gathered at the home Monday afternoon, but declined to speak to a reporter, asking for privacy.
Gorman told the AJC that one of the girls lived at the residence, and the other was the granddaughter of the family’s live-in housekeeper.
That housekeeper was supposed to be watching the girls Sunday afternoon while the rest of the family went grocery shopping, but was distracted by a phone call, according to Gorman.
While the housekeeper was on the 45-minute call, the girls went into the back yard.
“When the family returned home, they were looking for their daughter, and her 10-year-old brother found both little girls at the bottom of the swimming pool,” Gorman said.
“The little girl who lived at the residence was a swimmer -- she could swim back and forth the length of the pool -- and the other little girl was a non-swimmer, couldn’t swim at all,” Gorman said.
“We can only speculate as to how the two of them ended up in the pool,” he said. “No one saw anything, no one witnessed anything.”
He said the girls were fully clothed.
“They were not dressed for swimming, and it was raining, so they were not supposed to be swimming,” Gorman said.
Gorman identified the girls as Sophia Juarez, who lived at the home, and Mia Penoyer of Gwinnett County, the granddaughter of the housekeeper.
He said the 58-year-old housekeeper, whose name has not been released, will be charged with reckless conduct. She was hospitalized after the incident, Gorman told Channel 2 Action News.
“It’s a tragedy, so, so sad,” Gorman said. “The little girls were so very beautiful.”