Sacramento mother of 13-month-old child who drowned in bathtub arrested in Stockton
(FOX40.COM) — The mother of a child who drowned after being left unattended in a bathtub was recently arrested.
On Aug. 2, 2019, a 13-month-old and a disabled two-year-old child were left without adult supervision in a residential bathtub, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said their mother, Regjanah Nash, left the children under the care of an 8-year-old cousin.
Nash told law enforcement that she left her residence for 15 minutes after she received a “frantic call” from her sister who was having an emergency, however, she later admitted that she was out running errands for 90 minutes, according to SCSO. Deputies said that Nash and her sister returned to the residence and found the 13-month-old lying unresponsive in the bathtub.
Rather than calling 9-1-1, SCSO said that Nash and her sister drove the three children to a local hospital where the 13-month-old was pronounced dead by hospital staff.
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After an investigation, SCSO detectives said they obtained an arrest warrant for Nash on April 21, 2021, and arrested her on May 4, 2021. She was released the same day on zero bail, held to answer at her preliminary hearing on Feb. 10, 2022, and scheduled to return on Jan 6, 2023, however, she failed to appear, according to SCSO. Nash was on the run for over a year.
On Thursday, detectives from the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau said they located and arrested Nash in Stockton at a family member’s house. She was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail, where she remains in custody ineligible for bail. She is scheduled to appear in court on April 2, 2024.
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