Mother Charged After 1-Year-Old Dies In Bathtub While She Slept

TEXAS- Police have charged a mother in connection to the death of her 1-year-old child who died in Jan.

According to an affidavit obtained by KXAN, Tristian is accused of leaving her infant unattended in the bathtub in her apartment. The affidavit alleges that Tristian fell asleep for about ten minutes after texting her relatives.

After Tristian was done with her nap, she rushed to her bathroom and discovered her child submerged in the bathtub, which was overflowing, the affidavit states.

She told police she performed CPR on the child was unresponsive.

Tristian was charged with injury to a child, a first-degree felony.