Two central Kentucky women, including the mother of the victim, have been jailed after smoking methamphetamine while a toddler drowned in a hot tub.
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office arrested the 14-month-old victim’s mother, 41-year-old Monica V. Goodwin, and 44-year-old Erica I. Goodwin, both of Winchester, on Monday and charged each with second-degree manslaughter.
The two women were at a residence with the victim, Hazel V. Harrison, when they went upstairs to smoke methamphetamine, leaving the toddler alone downstairs. Hazel then climbed into an indoor hot tub and drowned.
Police found drug paraphernalia in an upstairs bedroom, with the suspects admitting to social service workers that they left the child alone downstairs while they smoked meth, FoxNews56.com reports.
Both suspects are being held in the Clark County Detention Center on $50,000 cash bonds.
Police have not released the relationship, if any, between the two women.
The investigation is ongoing.
(Photo l-r: Monica V. Goodwin, Hazel V. Harrison, Eric I. Goodwin)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
