Sentenced: Ohio Toddler Drowns In Neighbor’s Pool After Wandering From Home As Mother Slept

[Sugar Cookie]

An Ohio 2-year-old drowned in a neighbor’s pool after he roamed from his home as his mother slept and his father was at work, authorities said.

Toddler Marcus Hall was found at the bottom of the nearby above-ground pool Wednesday by local police after the boy’s frantic mother couldn’t find him, WTVG reported.

The child – nicknamed Mar Mar – was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead.

Anthony Hall, Marcus’ devastated father, told the station the 2-year-old and his 4-year-old brother were home with their sleeping mom when both kids got out of the house.

A neighbor called 911 around 10:30 a.m. to report a baby in a diaper chasing a dog without an adult around, according to audio from the dispatch obtained by the outlet.

An officer reached the scene and spoke to the mother, advising her to possibly put in safety devices, police reportedly said.

But an hour later, the mother called the police for help as she looked for little Marcus.

“I got woken up to the cops over here knocking on my door because they said that kids were running around outside, so when I woke up, it’s only my 4-year-old here,” the worried mother said, with the dispatcher replying, “So your 2-year-old is missing?”

“Yeah,” the mother said, according to WTVG.

When the tot was found in the pool, one officer jumped in to retrieve him and another officer quickly performed CPR before he went to the hospital.

A violation was listed against the neighbor’s pool because it is supposed to have a fence around it, and Child Services is looking into the case, the station reported.

Ohio toddler drowns in neighbor’s pool after wandering from home as mother slept: cops

Anthony Hall, Marcus’ devastated father, told the station the 2-year-old and his 4-year-old brother were home in the city of Oregon in the Buckeye State with their sleeping mom when both kids got o…

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[GoneWest]

So was it the 4 year old running around in a diaper or the 2 year old? Was the 2 year old missing then and mom didn’t notice for another hour or she went back to sleep and ran off again? Either was mom was extremely negligent.

 

[cubby]

A responsible parent does not lay down in the middle of the day to take a nap with a 4yo and 2yo running loose. You don't even if they are asleep when you lay down. I can just about guarantee that a 4yo can defeat any casual lock that's put on a door, whether that's a hook and eye, chain or slide bolt, I wouldn't even say they couldn't figure out a locked dead bolt. It's just so awful this parent has to learn these lessons the hard way.

 

[DivineRAiN]

Sad. I don't see why it took an hour for her to realize her 2yo wasn't in the house. If I had two little ones, police at my door would wake me right up and I would want to SEE both of my children to make sure they were both safe in the house. That just seems like a common natural reaction.
What were the neighbor's thinking when they decided to have a pool but not put a fence around it?

 

[Angiebla]

The yard in the linked article had a fence around it. Not the pool, but the yard.

Im surprised it wasnt covered, because its been freezing here.

 

[Busy Bee]

If I had two children, that young in my home I wouldn’t fully close the bathroom door and make it fast! I certainly wouldn’t go to sleep!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

An Oregon, Ohio woman pleaded no contest to child endangerment and was sentenced after a 2023 incident that resulted in the death of a toddler.

According to court records, Ashleigh Inocentes withdrew her previous plea of not guilty and entered a plea of no contest. A judge sentenced Inocentes to three years of community control in the charge stemming from her 2-year-old son Marcus Hall's death. According to a court statement from Inocentes' attorney, Hall was found dead after drowning in an uncovered, unfenced pool owned by a neighbor.

Woman enters no contest plea in 2023 drowning of son

Ashleigh Inocentes pleaded no contest Wednesday; her son, Marcus Hall, drowned in fall 2023.

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