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A Staten Island mother has been arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child after her four-month-old baby drowned in the bath tub. The infant, Kelis Gilmore, was discovered in the tub of their home with the water running late last night by her 7-year-old brother. Their 4-year-old sister was also home and reported to have possibly been in the bathroom as well during the drowning. When police arrived, the mother, Cheyenne Holmes, was hysterical as two neighbors unsuccessfully attempted to perform CPR on the baby. The girl was pronounced dead upon arrival to Staten Island University Hospital.
Mother Charged After Infant Drowns in Tub
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Where was the mother or (father)?
26 years old and have 3 children!?
In the news report the baby was 9 months old, here on Gothamist, 4 months old, either way that is WAAAAY too young to be bathed in the bathtub alone or with just a 4 year old watching. We (my siblings and I) were were bathed in the kitchen sink until we were about a year old. My baby has a little tiny tub of her own.
What was this mother thinking?
26 and having three children is not unusual Steven. There are probably quite a few mothers at the age of 16 that have three children.
Do we have the names of the children?
Very unfortunate to hear, and irresponsible of the Mom to leave the child unattended at that age. I can't imagine how the Mom is feeling after that, the feeling of guilt you would have would be overwhelming. - Jeremy acne
I'm sure she will get over it and pop out five more before she turns thirty.
Wat be er name again?
Yeah, I heard this morning it was a 9 month old baby. I agree, still either way too young, but one must wonder how old the baby really was?
There are so many things i want to write here and I just can't bring myself to do it. I become more and more deflated with each story I read. I hope I leave here before I start blaming the victim(s), or stop caring all together.
What makes this incident so terrible is that those those two kids are going to grow up thinking they murdered their infant sister. It was the mother's negligence that killed the baby, but I doubt logic will have much to do with how they feel in the future.
well that's one less child my tax money will be used to feed, clothe, and shelter. Things like this happen far to often. If you're going to have kids, take care of them and if you can't take care of them...b-i-r-t-h--c-o-n-t-r-o-l.
Unbelievable. Did she put the infant in the tub and forget? Or did her son put the infant in the tub. Either way a horrible tragedy.
Jen
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