Detroit police: 1-year-old girl found unresponsive in bathtub

DETROIT – A 1-year-old girl is suspected of drowning in a bathtub overnight at a home in the 10700 block of Balfour in Detroit. 

Police said the 30-year-old mother awoke to turn on the bathtub faucet for her 4-year-old daughter. The mother fell back to sleep and was awoken again about 12:30 a.m. by the 4-year-old who alerted her mother to the bathroom. 

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The mother found the 1-year-old girl unresponsive in the tub. 

Detroit police are investigating. 

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