A Clayton woman is charged with second-degree murder after her 18-month old child was allegedly left unsupervised and drowned in a pool, according to authorities.
Officials responded around 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, to a residence off Grapevine Lane.
“It was determined that (the) child was found in the pool at the residence after being left unsupervised. The child was transported to a local hospital and later pronounced dead,” Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Natalie Ammons writes in a press release.
The Rabun County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to assist in the death investigation. The GBI Medical Examiner’s Office performed an autopsy on Thursday, June 27, and ruled the death was the result of drowning.
The GBI arrested the child’s mother, 26-year-old Jacklyn Frady, and charged her with murder in the second degree and cruelty to children.
The case is still under investigation and will be provided to the Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney for prosecution once it’s completed, Ammons says.
