Mother refused to perform CPR on toddler daughter after she drowned in bathtub
A mother drowned her toddler in the bathtub, called 911 to say what she had done, then refused to perform CPR, police say.
Linette Warrichaiet, 44, reportedly murdered the two year-old girl by holding under the water until she stopped moving at her Las Vegas home on Saturday.
After calling 911, a dispatcher told Warrichaiet to perform CPR on the fully-clothed youngster in a bid to revive her.
But the suspected killer – who has been charged with murder – refused to do so, it is claimed.
An officer arrived at Warrichaiet’s home within five minutes of her making the call.
She is said to have made him stand outside her apartment door for two minutes before letting him in, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
Las Vegas Metropolitan PD homicide cop Lieutenant Ray Spencer said: ‘She did not pull the child out of the bathtub. That we do know.’
Speaking to KNTV, he added: ‘Disturbing is an understatement.
‘I have officers out here who are shaken up. We have a two-year-old that was senseless murdered.’
One neighbor told the Review-Journal they’d seen a cop crying as he carried a ‘lifeless’ toddler from the apartment where she’d drowned Saturday morning.
The little girl’s name has not yet been released.
Warrichaiet is said to have killed her daughter while her husband was at work.
No motive for the horrific crime has been released, with Warrichaiet being held in jail without bond.