Pensacola man charged with manslaughter after unattended 1-year-old drowns in bathtub
The Escambia County Sheriff's Office arrested a Ferry Pass father Thursday after the man's 1-year-old child died alone in a full bath tub.
Marc Basulto was arrested on one count of aggravated manslaughter involving the death of a child after deputies responded to the Shoal Creek Drive home and found the 1-year-old dead.
"An investigation revealed that Marc Basulto was alone in his home with his two children when he put his one-year-old in a bathtub with the water running," an ECSO release says. "Basulto then took medication and went to sleep in another room."
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The ECSO says Basulto awoke to one of his children screaming and found the 1-year-old in the overflowing tub unresponsive.
Responders transported the child to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
No further information was released.
This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Pensacola man Marc Basulto arrested for manslaughter in baby drowning
